Ministers of Religion

David Drew: To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners how many  (a) full-time and  (b) part-time non-stipendiary Ministers are currently registered by the Church of England.

Stuart Bell: At the end of 2007—the last year for which figures are available—there were 3,198 licensed non-stipendiary ministers but it is not possible to say how many were full- and part-time as requested. Non-stipendiary ministers are usually employed outside the Church and some minister regularly while others minister only occasionally.
	In addition, there were 1,568 clergy in chaplaincy and other ministries (e.g. forces chaplains, hospital chaplains, school chaplains and clergy on the staff of theological colleges). Information on whether they are full-time or part-time is not held centrally.

Departmental Rail Travel

Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much his Department spent on first class rail travel for officials in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

Shaun Woodward: My Department's spend on first class rail travel is set out in the following table.
	
		
			   Expenditure (£) 
			 2006-07 14,523.24 
			 2007-08 7,431.06 
			 2008-09 10,710.80 
		
	
	The majority of this expenditure is for travel between Belfast and Dublin. These figures include all first class rail travel booked through my Department's central travel booking service. It does not include the cost of travel paid for by individual members of staff and then reclaimed from the Department. This additional information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Prison Accommodation

Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 
	(1)  what dormitory accommodation  (a) is available in Northern Ireland's prisons and  (b) has been used between 1 September 2006 and 1 September 2009;
	(2)  what types of accommodation sex offenders occupy in prisons in Northern Ireland;
	(3)  what categories of prisoner are housed in dormitory accommodation in prisons in Northern Ireland;
	(4)  whether sex offenders are planned to be housed in the Foyleview Resettlement Unit of HMP Magilligan.

Paul Goggins: There is a 64-bed dormitory accommodation unit (Sperrin) at Magilligan Prison and an eight-bed dormitory accommodation unit at Hydebank Wood. Both have been used between 1 September 2006 and 1 September 2009.
	Sex offenders may occupy cellular accommodation, single rooms or dormitories.
	At 19 October the Sperrin unit held 37 Category B/C prisoners in custody for sexual offences and one other Category B prisoner, all of whom were sentenced. At Hydebank Wood there were three inmates housed in dormitory accommodation with non-sexual offences—two of these were sentenced and one was on remand.
	Since 24 September a total of five sex offenders, who have met the strict criteria necessary for their placement, have been housed in Foyleview Resettlement Unit at Magilligan.

Sexual Offences

Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 
	(1)  how many  (a) male and  (b) female prisoners in Northern Ireland who (i) have been convicted of and (ii) are awaiting trial on charges of sexual offences are housed in each location in each prison in Northern Ireland;
	(2)  how many sex offenders were in prison in Northern Ireland on 1 September 2009.

Paul Goggins: As of 19 October 2009 there were  (a) 194 males and  (b) one female totalling 195 sex offenders in Northern Ireland prisons. The following table shows the breakdown of the prisoner custodial category and their location within each prison.
	
		
			  Establishment  House  Sentenced (i)  Remand (ii)  Total 
			 Maghaberry Bann 1 — 1 
			  Braid 1 — 1 
			  Bush 17 20 37 
			  Erne 3 — 3 
			  Glen 2 — 2 
			  Lagan 3 13 16 
			  Pre-release scheme 1 — 1 
			  Roe 6 5 11 
			  Special Supervision Unit 2 — 2 
			  Wilson 4 — 4 
			  
			 Magilligan Alpha 23 — 23 
			  Foyleview 5 — 5 
			  Halward 1 — 1 
			  H Block 1 1 — 1 
			  H Block 2 39 — 39 
			  Sperrin 38 — 38 
			  
			 Hydebank Wood male Beech — 2 2 
			  Cedar 3 1 4 
			  Elm 1 — 1 
			  Willow 1 1 2 
			  
			 Hydebank Wood female Ash — 1 1 
			 Total  152 43 195 
		
	
	On 1 September there were 191 sex offenders in Northern Ireland prisons.

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Excise Duties

Richard Spring: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency spent on the  (a) collection and  (b) enforcement of vehicle excise duty in each of the last five years.

Paul Clark: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, on behalf of Her Majesty's Treasury, collected £5.5 billion of Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) in the last financial year. The following table shows the cost to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to  (a) collection and  (b) enforcement of vehicle excise duty in each of the last five years:
	
		
			  £000 
			  Financial year  Collection of VED  Enforcement of VED 
			 2008-09 132,937 83,928 
			 2007-08 133,980 81,290 
			 2006-07 131,255 85,369 
			 2005-06 123,889 80,967 
			 2004-05 119,518 79,194

First Great Western

Virendra Sharma: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport if he will take steps in collaboration with First Great Western to relieve congestion through  (a) bringing into service as soon as possible new trains ordered for 2011 and  (b) other measures.

Chris Mole: On 23 July the Government announced a major £1 billion programme of rail electrification on the Great Western Main Line. This radically affects the requirements for rolling stock over the next decade.
	Long-distance services will now be operated by a new fleet of predominantly electric-powered Super Express Trains, offering faster journeys as well as improved capacity and passenger comfort. Electric trains will also be provided for commuter services. Following the procurement of new Thameslink rolling stock, Great Western electrification will allow four-carriage electric trains currently operating Thameslink services to replace three-carriage diesel trains currently operating on the Great Western Main Line. In addition, once completed, Crossrail will provide significantly increased capacity on Great Western services into London.
	In view of Great Western electrification, the procurement by the Government of new diesel trains, some of which would have entered service on the Great Western Main Line has been superseded. The Government will publish a new Rolling Stock Plan in the autumn, taking account of the changed circumstances.

Equality

Virendra Sharma: To ask the Solicitor-General if she will consider the recommendations of the report by the Fawcett Society, Corporate Sexism-the sex industry's infiltration of the modern workplace.

Vera Baird: The Government are committed to ensuring that all workplaces are free from discrimination. The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 provides protection from sex discrimination and harassment across a range of areas, including in employment. The Equality Bill currently going through Parliament will strengthen and simplify existing equality law.
	I was very interested to learn about the findings in the Fawcett Society's recent report, "Corporate Sexism—the Sex Industry's Infiltration of the Modern Workplace." Research like the Fawcett report illustrate that although we have made significant progress in tackling inequality in the workplace, there is still more work to be done.
	Following the report's launch, the Minister for Women and Equality wrote to the Chancellor of the Exchequer raising the issue of tax relief on discrete receipts from lap-dancing establishments.
	Through the Policing and Crime Bill, currently before Parliament, we will give greater powers to local authorities and local communities to control the opening and regulation of lap-dancing clubs. This means lap-dancing clubs will no longer be licensed under the Licensing Act 2003 but will be licensed as 'sex establishments'.
	The Government will continue to work with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), as well as with employers, to ensure enforcement of the Sex Discrimination Act and to promote equality in the workplace.

Arts Council of England: West Yorkshire

John Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much Arts Council England has spent per capita on  (a) capital projects and  (b) revenue funding in (i) Leeds and (ii) West Yorkshire in each year since 2001.

Si�n Simon: Arts Council England have supplied the figures in the table. The figures represent their total funding, awarded in 000, either on a revenue or capital basis to organisations or individuals based (by post code) in Leeds and West Yorkshire.
	
		
			  LA/capital/revenue  2001- 0 2  2002- 0 3  2003- 0 4  2004- 0 5  2005- 0 6  2006- 0 7  2007- 0 8  2008- 0 9 
			  Leeds 
			 Lottery capital 625 5,589  19,600 
			 Lottery revenue 1,585 941 917 1,255 1,782 1,984 993 1,529 
			 Grant in aid revenue 10,060 11,163 11,901 13,511 14,115 15,220 15,840 16,290 
			 Total 12,270 17,694 12,818 34,366 15,897 17,204 16,833 17,819 
			  West Yorkshire 
			 Lottery capital 3,162 5,589 6,487 19,600 
			 Lottery revenue 3,439 2,100 2,867 7,181 3,797 4,654 2,157 2,825 
			 Grant in aid revenue 11,864 13,181 14,181 16,207 17,059 18,298 19,035 20,198 
			 Total 18,465 20,870 23,535 42,988 20,857 22,951 21,192 23,023

English Heritage: Finance

Jeremy Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much English Heritage received in grant-in-aid funding from his Department  (a) in cash terms and  (b) expressed in current prices in each year since 1997.

Ben Bradshaw: holding answer 9 September 2009
	The information requested is set out in the following table. These are audited outturn figures sourced from DCMS accounts:
	
		
			Cash terms  ( 000 )  Current prices (2008-09)  ( 000 ) 
			 Appropriation accounts 1997-98 105,183 136,295 
			  1998-99 102,404 129,956 
			  1999-2000 112,609 140,148 
			  2000-01 119,000 146,180 
			  2001-02 110,401 132,655 
			 
			 Resource accounts 2002-03 116,387 135,477 
			  2003-04 119,442 135,222 
			  2004-05 127,901 140,881 
			  2005-06 129,136 139,636 
			  2006-07 141,321 148,421 
			  2007-08 136,636 139,626 
			  2008-09 129,358 129,358 
		
	
	Government support for our historic buildings and sites is supplemented by significant funds from the Heritage Lottery Fund and other organisations such as the National Trust.
	As a result of the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review English Heritage received a cash increase in resource GIA from 123.7 million in 2007-08 to 124.7 million in 2008-09. The table is based on the outturn of English Heritage draw-down against such allocations and includes capital spend and money rolled over through end of year flexibility.

Pay Television

Andy Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he plans to respond to phase 3 of Ofcom's consultation on pay television; and if he will make a statement.

Si�n Simon: I have no plans to respond to Ofcom's 'Pay TVphase 3 consultation' which closed on 18 September. Ofcom's Pay TV market investigation is a competition consideration and therefore is primarily a matter for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Sport England: Finance

Jeremy Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much of Sport England's 10 million Sustainable Facilities Fund has been spent in 2009-10; and what projects have received such funding.

Gerry Sutcliffe: holding answer 22 October 2009
	Sport England's Sustainable Facilities Fund invests in modern community facility projects that are viable in the long termpartnerships between public, private and commercial organisations with sustainable revenue funding to maintain high standards of facility provision and customer service.
	The fund invests close to 10 million a year of lottery and Exchequer money into innovative projects capable of transforming the places where we play or take part in sport as part of our aim to create a world-leading community sport system of clubs, coaches, facilities and volunteers.
	Sport England has recently announced the first round of funding for seven awards through the Sustainable Facilities Fund, totalling 6,869,000. The details of these awards can be found in the following table. In addition to this, Sport England has invited a further four applicants to bid for stage two development awards, which will be announced later in the year.
	
		
			  Applicant  Project title  Grant ()  Status  Funding  Region 
			 Plymouth City Council Plymouth Life Centre 1,999,000 Award Exchequer South West 
			 Nottingham Trent University Extension to 8 Sports Hall 700,000 Award Exchequer East Midlands 
			 Northrowram Community Sports and Activity Centre Clubhouse 175,000 Award Exchequer Yorks 
			 Paignton Community Sports College Sports Hub 375,000 Award Exchequer South West 
			 Burnage RFU All Weather Pitch 120,000 Award Exchequer North West 
			 Durham University Maiden Castle Sports Centre 500,000 Award Exchequer North East 
			 Manchester City Council Regeneration Sportcity 3,000,000 Award Lottery North West

Video Games

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of the effect of the recession on the UK video games industry.

Si�n Simon: We have not carried out an assessment of the impact of the recession on the UK video games industry. However, industry evidence suggests that the UK games sector continues to demonstrate remarkable success with total sales of 4.034 billion in 2008, a rise of 23 per cent. from 2007.

Armed Forces: Mental Health Services

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has spent on mental health care services in each year since 2001.

Kevan Jones: The majority of mental healthcare for service personnel is provided through MOD's 15 military-run Departments of Community Mental Health (DCMHs) in the UK (with additional centres in Germany, Cyprus and Gibraltar), which have since 2004 provided out-patient mental healthcare for members of the armed forces. Responsibility for their individual management is shared between the single service commands, with oversight from the Joint Medical Command. However, each service funds its respective DCMHs differently. Owing to the number of different internal budgets to which costs would be attributable, any detailed analysis of DCMH finances would therefore incur disproportionate costs.
	In-patient care, when necessary, is provided in specialised psychiatric units under contract with an external provider. Between April 2004 and March 2009, this was provided by the Priory Group, and costs in each financial year are contained in the following table:
	
		
			   Contract value  ( million) 
			 1 December 2003-31 March 2004 0.4 
			 1 April 2004-31 March 2005 4.2 
			 1 April 2005-31 March 2006 4.5 
			 1 April 2006-31 March 2007 3.4 
			 1 April 2007-31 March 2008 3.9 
			 1 April 2008-31 March 2009 3.3 
		
	
	These figures take into account the cost of assessing patients as well as any treatment programmes provided; the individual care needs of each patient will vary depending on their particular medical circumstances. They also include services provided by the Priory Group between 1 December 2003 and April 2004 prior to the formal contract start date.
	The contract with the Priory Group has been replaced by a new one, awarded in November 2008 following open competition, with a partnership of seven NHS trusts led by South Staffordshire and Shropshire NHS Foundation Trust. Costs for its first full 12 months of operation will be available in spring 2010.
	Prior to April 2004, in-patient care was provided at MOD's Duchess of Kent Psychiatric Hospital at Catterick. Full historic costs back to 2001 are not available, although costs in its final year of operation (2002-03) were some 10 million.

Armed Forces: Training

Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the training budget for the  (a) Territorial Army,  (b) University Officer Training Corps and  (c) Cadet Force is in 2009-10.

Bill Rammell: This year is very challenging in resource terms, and success in Afghanistan must take priority. As such the Army has directed that the Regular Forces and the reserves must focus available resources on supporting the ongoing campaign in Afghanistan, which means reducing activity levels elsewhere. The overall budget for the Territorial Army, which is inclusive of the University Officer Training Corps, has been reduced by 43 million from 139 million. The funding for the Army Cadet Force has been reduced by 4 million from 29 million.
	Forecast outturn for the Air Cadet Organisation and Navy Command Cadets for the current financial year is 20.6 million and 11 million respectively
	The output of the Territorial Army, University Officer Training Corps (UOTC) and Cadet Forces is focused on training and therefore all activity is either directly or indirectly attributable to planning, organising or conducting training.

Defence Medical Services

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many compensation claims have been submitted by armed forces personnel in respect of malpractice on the part of Defence Medical Services; how many such claims were upheld; and how much was paid out against such claims in each year.

Kevan Jones: The number of new clinical negligence compensation claims is not recorded on the Department's claims database in a format that differentiates between service personnel, service dependants and civilian cases. The number of claims upheld and the amount of compensation, including legal costs, paid out each year to service personnel is identifiable. The figures are shown in the following table. Information relating to clinical negligence can be found in the Department's Claims Annual Report which has been issued each year since 1997-98, a copy of which is held in the Libraries of the Houses.
	
		
			   All new clinical negligence claims received  Service personnel claims upheld  Compensation/legal costs ( million) 
			 1997-98 308 21 0.4 
			 1998-99 255 51 2.3 
			 1999-2000 147 49 2.5 
			 2000-01 128 49 6.1 
			 2001-02 142 39 0.8 
			 2002-03 119 39 3.9 
			 2003-04 92 24 2.6 
			 2004-05 86 17 3.3 
			 2005-06 69 21 3.8 
			 2006-07 67 14 1.5 
			 2007-08 86 10 2.9 
			 2008-09 55 17 5.3

Departmental Publicity

Willie Rennie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on information campaigns and advertising in each year since 1997.

Kevan Jones: The majority of information campaigns and advertising conducted by the Ministry of Defence are part of the drive to recruit the best personnel to the armed forces and civil service. In addition the Department may promote other initiatives such as armed forces day.
	Spend relating to these activities, which is available centrally, is shown in the following table. The figures given include creative and production costs, as well as media spend.
	
		
			   Spend ( million) 
			 2004-05 23.8 
			 2005-06 23.5 
			 2006-07 21.0 
			 2007-08 33.6 
			 2008-09 37.4 
		
	
	Figures are not available prior to FY 2004-05 and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Figures for 2009-10 are not yet available.

Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

Daniel Rogerson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department has received from the salvage of carcasses or part carcasses of bovine tuberculosis reactor, inconclusive or dangerous contact cattle sold into the food chain in  (a) 1986-96 and  (b) 1997 to date; and how such receipts are accounted for in his Department's analysis of its expenditure on bovine tuberculosis.

Jim Fitzpatrick: Receipts in each of the last 10 complete financial years, for cattle culled for TB control reasons, are shown as follows. We are not able to provide details of receipts back to 1986 without incurring disproportionate cost.
	
		
			million 
			 2008-09 4.3 
			 2007-08 1.7 
			 2006-07 0.5 
			 2005-06 1.5 
			 2004-05 1.2 
			 2003-04 1.1 
			 2002-03 3.7 
			 2001-02 0.7 
			 2000-01 1.1 
			 1999-2000 0.9 
		
	
	In terms of how these receipts are accounted for in analyses of expenditure, we either use a TB compensation figure net of salvage receipts or provide TB compensation spend figures and salvage receipt figures separately.

Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

Mark Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what arrangements have been put in place to ensure the fairness of the tendering process in circumstances where the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science is both advising his Department on the selection of bids and is itself one of the bidders.

Huw Irranca-Davies: The arrangements to ensure the fairness of the tendering process in circumstances where CEFAS is both involved in advising on the selection of bids and is itself one of the bidders is set out the governance document 'Marine Environment Protection Fund (MEPF): Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund Delivery Partner on behalf of DEFRA: Who We Are and How We Operate' published on the MALSF website at
	http://www.alsf-mepf.org.uk/downloads/documents/mepf---how-we-operate.aspx
	The Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund is delivered through the Marine Environment Protection Fund (MEPF) which is administered by CEFAS on behalf of DEFRA and reports to DEFRA though the Marine ALSF Steering Group. The Marine ALSF Steering Group oversees the direction of the fund, develops the commissioning strategy for research and dissemination activities and oversees delivery arrangements.
	All funding decisions are made by the MEPF evaluation panel which undertakes the evaluation of tenders. The MEPF evaluation panel is chaired by DEFRA and comprises representation from eight organisations of which CEFAS is one, plus the Marine ALSF Science Co-ordinator who is appointed through an open competition. The MEPF provides the Secretariat function to the evaluation panel and any views and opinions of the Secretariat at the evaluation panel meetings are made as representing the MEPF as a delivery partner. The Secretariat has no decision-making powers or voting rights on the evaluation panel.
	The MEPF panel's terms of reference govern the arrangements for ensuring fairness in the evaluation of bids in circumstances where an evaluation panel member is from the same organisation as a bidder. These arrangements involve:
	1. All evaluation panels begin with a round-table declaration of any potential conflicts of interest. A two-tiered approach to managing potential conflicts is then followed:
	a) Direct involvementIf a panel member is to be part of a project delivery team and/or has helped prepare the proposal, they are required to be absent from the room while the proposal is being discussed and evaluated.
	b) Indirect involvementIf a panel member's company/organisation has submitted a proposal but the panel member had played no part whatsoever in its preparation nor was to be involved with the project delivery team, the panel member is required to be a non-voting member of the panel while considering the bid but may remain in the room while the proposal is being discussed and evaluated.
	2. Any individual involved in project evaluation other than central Government staff members will be required to sign a confidentiality agreement to protect the intellectual property of project applicants. These agreements must also be in place for any member of staff who receives bids from the other distributing bodies during the liaison process.
	To maintain impartiality and confidentiality, the MEPF delivery partner operates entirely separately from CEFAS' main corporate and delivery functions. Specifically:
	MEPF services are provided by a dedicated team from the Programme Management Group of CEFAS devoted only to the provision of MEPF fund management services.
	The MEPF is separate from the Science Delivery Divisions and the Commercial Group of CEFAS and MEPF staff are not involved in MEPF bid preparation or delivery.
	CEFAS bidding teams and project leaders are not able to have sight of MEPF Managed Funds papers.
	Electronic files are stored on local area, not shared contracts area, with restricted access to the ALSF_MEPF local areas. Paper files are locked away and stored separately away from central contracts file store.

Departmental Motor Vehicles

Andrew Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department spent on hire vehicles in each of the last five financial years.

Dan Norris: From information held centrally, the following sums have been spent on hire vehicles from financial year 2005-06 to date:
	
		
			  Financial year   
			 2005-06 35,003 
			 2006-07 110,279 
			 2007-08 134,803 
			 2008-09 143,644 
			 2009-10 to date 50,368

Keep Britain Tidy: Finance

Gordon Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much funding his Department has provided for Keep Britain Tidy in the last three years; and how much funding he plans to provide in 2009-10.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The following table shows DEFRA's grant to Keep Britain Tidy in the current year and in the previous three years:
	
		
			million 
			 2006-07 5 
			 2007-08 4.6 
			 2008-09 5 
			 2009-10 5 
			  Source:  DEFRA

Litter: Rural Areas

Gordon Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he plans to take to reduce the incidence of littering in rural areas.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The Government's policy on tackling litter applies to all communities. There is no excuse for littering and local authorities have been given powers to deal with litterers, most recently through the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005. Littering is an offence and if convicted in a magistrates court an offender may receive a fine of up to 2,500 and a criminal record. As an alternative, local authorities have powers to issue on the spot fines of up to 80. The 2005 Act includes a power for parish councils to issue on the spot fines for littering the first time.
	Through its annual grant to the charity Keep Britain Tidy, the Government campaign for behaviour change on litter. Campaigns like The Big Tidy Up and the Eco-Schools programme raise awareness of the issue, and get communities and individuals actively involved in clean-ups, in understanding the impact of littering and taking greater responsibility for their neighbourhoods.

Pigs

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the  (a) costs and  (b) benefits of maintaining the ban on raising pigs on swill.

Jim Fitzpatrick: No formal assessment has been made. However, at the time when the ban was introduced in 2001, around 70 swill processors lost trade and around 90 swill feeders had to find alternative sources of feed. Restaurants, kitchens and factories producing food also had to find alternative disposal routes. These bodies have subsequently adapted to the new rules and so a cost comparison between then and now would be difficult to make.
	The benefits of maintaining the ban remain primarily the prevention of disease spread. As the 2001 Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak demonstrated, the financial and practical consequences of one mistake in swill feeding can be enormous and potentially far outweigh the costs above. This FMD outbreak, the cause of which was thought to be the feeding of unprocessed swill to pigs, is estimated to have cost in the region of 8 billion (including indirect costs) and the potential for re-introducing the disease by livestock being illegally fed on infected meat is a constant and on-going concern. For this reason, the Government support a maintenance of the EU wide ban which is now in place.

Smallholdings: Local Government

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which local authorities have smallholdings; what the area of each such authority's smallholdings is; and whether he plans to undertake a review of the future use and ownership of local authority smallholdings.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The annual report to parliament on smallholdings in England provides details of the numbers of statutory smallholdings held by local authorities analysed according to size of holding. This information is set out in the following table.
	The latest published annual report is the 57th report for the period 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007, which is available in the Library of the House and can also be seen on the DEFRA website.
	DEFRA has no current plans to undertake a review of the future use and ownership of local authority smallholdings.
	
		
			  Analysis of smallholdings by size at 31 March 2007 
			   Number of holdings 
			  County/unitary authority  0-20 ha  20-40  ha  Over 40 ha  Total 
			 Bedfordshire 83 30 25 138 
			 Berkshire West  2 1 3 
			 Bournemouth 5 1 1 7 
			 Brighton and Hove 24 4 23 51 
			 Buckinghamshire 35 17 14 66 
			 Cambridgeshire 137 67 140 344 
			 Cheshire 58 51 28 137 
			 City of York 2  2 4 
			 Cornwall 10 51 51 112 
			 Cumbria 6 8  14 
			 Devon 6 32 53 91 
			 Dorset 6 28 32 66 
			 Durham 1 2 12 15 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire 65 54 17 136 
			 East Sussex  1 1 2 
			 Essex 8 3  11 
			 Gloucestershire 56 49 31 136 
			 Hampshire 40 8 18 66 
			 Hartlepool  1 1 2 
			 Herefordshire 4 48 9 61 
			 Hertfordshire 23 18 21 62 
			 Lancashire 2   2 
			 Leicestershire 10 52 20 82 
			 Lincolnshire 120 84 76 280 
			 Medway 2  1 3 
			 Milton Keynes 5 2 5 12 
			 Norfolk 116 54 70 240 
			 Northamptonshire 8 5 2 15 
			 North Lincolnshire 17 1  18 
			 North Somerset 5 1 5 11 
			 Northumberland 1  6 7 
			 North Yorkshire 16 44 18 78 
			 Nottinghamshire 12 6 1 19 
			 Oxfordshire 34 5 2 41 
			 Peterborough 12 1 15 28 
			 Shropshire 25 17 1 43 
			 Slough 1   1 
			 Somerset 17 41 31 89 
			 South Gloucestershire 8 6 4 18 
			 Staffordshire 48 68 19 135 
			 Suffolk 15 20 67 102 
			 Surrey 41 13 6 60 
			 Swindon 4 9 6 19 
			 Thurrock 6 3 2 11 
			 Torbay 2   2 
			 Warrington 3 2  5 
			 Warwickshire 36 19 20 75 
			 West Sussex 14 2 5 21 
			 Wiltshire 22 27 22 71 
			 Worcestershire 96 20 10 126 
			 Total 1,267 977 894 3,138 
			  Source: Extract from the 57th annual report to Parliament on smallholdings in England

Zero Waste Places

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what schemes have received funding from his Department under the Zero Waste Places scheme since the scheme's inception; and what projects or policies have since been adopted as a result.

Dan Norris: In October 2008 the Government announced England's first six Zero Waste Places, which received total funding of 70,258. The places fulfilled a pathfinder role in identifying the barriers and illustrating solutions to enable other local authorities to adopt good sustainable waste management practices. These were:
	A Waste Free Tuesday Market PlaceBorough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk;
	Peterborough City CentrePeterborough Environment City Trust;
	Green Zones Community Development ProjectLondon Borough of Brent;
	Shenley Church End Zero Waste Place ProjectMilton Keynes Council;
	A Zero Waste RegionWest Midlands (WM) Region;
	London Borough of LewishamLewisham Zero Waste Eco Street.
	The initiative ran from October 2008 until May 2009. All projects were considered successful and all have continued in some form after the funding ended. Details of the six projects can be found on the Local Government Association website.
	We have also announced six new Zero Waste Places in parts of Shropshire, Dorchester, Brixton, Newham, Hoxton and Suffolk. We plan to support these places, which are moving towards zero waste through seed corn funding totalling approximately 50,000. The evidence generated by the projects will be used as guidance for other areas working towards a zero waste ambition.

Developing Countries: Females

Dai Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps he has taken to help increase standards of  (a) female literacy and  (b) medical care for women and girls in the world's 10 poorest countries.

Michael Foster: The information is as follows:
	 (a) The Department for International Development (DFID) is committed to achieving the education millennium development goals of universal primary education and gender parity in education by 2015 and is spending at least 8.5 billion over the period 2006-15 in support of education in poor and developing countries. DFID regards supporting girls' education as a priority. DFID's Strategy, Girls' Education: Towards a Better Future for All (2005) sets out our approach to overcoming the barriers girls face in getting an educationit is available at:
	www.dfid.gov.uk
	 (b) In June 2008, the UK Government made a commitment to spend 6 billion on strengthening health systems and services over seven years to 2015 (plus 1 billion to the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM). The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) event on 23 September highlighted the importance of providing health services free at the point of delivery. The UK-initiated Global Consensus on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health was also widely endorsed. It seeks to make health systems and investments work better for women and children, thus driving up standards. Leaders from Nepal, Malawi, Ghana, Liberia, Burundi and Sierra Leone announced historic shifts towards free health care. Removing the financial barriers to health services and providing services free at the point of use for women and children will ensure that the poorest people, especially women and girls, can access a trained health worker in the right place at the right time with the right infrastructure, equipment and drugs.

Anguilla: Energy

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much funding the Government has contributed to the establishment of the Anguilla Renewable Energy Office.

Chris Bryant: The Anguilla Renewable Energy Office is being established by the Anguilla National Trust in conjunction with the government of Anguilla, as part of a project entitled Implementation of the Anguilla Energy Policy 2008-20. Phase One: Building a Broad Community Movement. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development funded Overseas Territories Environment Programme (OTEP) has committed 100,000 over two years in support of the overall project. OTEP has to date contributed 3,805 to the establishment of the Anguilla Renewable Energy Office.

British Council: Manpower

Michael Fallon: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British Council posts in the UK are being outsourced; what the cost-savings involved are; and if he will make a statement.

Chris Bryant: The British Council is undertaking an investment and transformation programme across its network to increase the scale and impact of its global activities.
	This includes a proposal to consolidate the organisation's finance functions from five global centres into one overseas centre and one in the UK. As a result, the total number of UK finance posts would reduce from 98 to approximately 40. Around 40 posts would transfer to the overseas finance centre. Consultation on the proposals is ongoing and no final decision has yet been made. Proposed changes to the finance function do not include any plans to outsource to other companies.
	The overall savings from this reduction in staffing will be approximately 12 million per year.

Democratic Republic of Congo: Armed Conflict

Andrew Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to promote full implementation by the governments of Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo of their commitments to non-military policies to disarm, demobilise and repatriate members of the FDLR, as agreed in the 2007 Nairobi Communiqu; and if he will make a statement.

Ivan Lewis: holding answer 21 October 2009
	A combination of military and non-military pressure on the Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda (FDLR), and political co-operation between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, remains the most likely way of tackling the FDLR.
	Both countries recently announced their ambassadors, and Congolese President Kabila and Rwandan President Kagame held their first ever bilateral summit in August. We continue to encourage DRC and Rwanda to work on other key areas, such as border security, trade and the return of refugees.

Departmental Publicity

Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 
	(1)  how much his Department has spent on its  (a) Know Before You Go campaign,  (b) Another Side to Paradise campaign,  (c) Don't miss out campaign and  (d) other campaigns aimed at Britons travelling abroad co-ordinated by his Department in each year since 2001;
	(2)  whether any  (a) internal or  (b) external studies have been commissioned into the effectiveness of (i) his Department's Know Before You Go campaign and (ii) any subsidiary campaigns since 2001.

Chris Bryant: I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 14 September 2009,  Official Report, column 2172W.
	The cost of the Another Side to Paradise campaign was 15,000 and the cost of the Don't miss out campaign was approximately 12,000. The cost of all other campaigns that are aimed at Britons travelling abroad could be obtained from the Department and its 250 overseas posts only at disproportionate cost.

Libya: Embassies

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much the Libyan diplomatic mission in the UK owes in outstanding  (a) parking fines,  (b) congestion charges and  (c) business rates.

Ivan Lewis: In June 2009, when the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's annual written ministerial statements on alleged abuses of diplomatic privileges and immunities were published, the Libyan embassy owed 2,760 in outstanding parking fines and 1,080 in congestion charge fees. They had no outstanding arrears for national non-domestic rates.

Overseas Territories Environment Programme

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much funding the South Atlantic British Overseas Territories have received from the Overseas Territories Environment Programme for environmental management since 2005.

Chris Bryant: Since 2005 the Overseas Territories Environment Programme has funded projects totalling 2,056,100 in the South Atlantic British Overseas Territories.

Carbon Trust: Bedfordshire

Nadine Dorries: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what funding the Carbon Trust has provided  for (a) local authorities,  (b) NHS bodies,  (c) higher and further education institutions and  (d) other public bodies in (i) Mid Bedfordshire constituency and (ii) Bedfordshire in the last 12 months.

Joan Ruddock: The Carbon Trust have advised me that at this time it is not possible to provide a comprehensive funding breakdown at a constituency level. However, the total value of carbon management and energy efficiency advice services provided by the Carbon Trust to the public sector in Bedfordshire to date is approximately 202,500, of which 37,500 was in the last 12 months.

Members: Correspondence

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change for what reasons letters sent from Ministers in his Department to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak dated 5 March (ref. DM/117961) and 3 February 2009 (ref. PM/111604) were printed on one side of each sheet of paper only; if he will make it his Department's policy to use two-sided printing for its correspondence; and whether he has made an estimate of the potential savings in respect of paper use consequent on the implementation of such a policy.

Joan Ruddock: The Department uses duplex (two-sided) printers, and the default setting is for two-sided use. Following older convention, a proportion of letters from my Department has been sent single-sided. However, we are implementing a policy of all correspondence being printed on two-sided paper for the future. We estimate this will lead to a monthly saving of 10.50 in paper costs.

Departmental Electronic Equipment

Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 30 March 2009,  Official Report, column 991W, on departmental electronic equipment, how much  (a) his Department and  (b) its agencies have spent on (i) flat screen televisions, (ii) DVD players and (iii) stereo equipment in the last three months.

Michael Wills: During the period in question, the Ministry had one main supplier for the provision of flat screen televisions, DVD players and stereo equipment. The contract for this supplier has been in place since October 2008. Prior to this, there had been one main supplier for such goods for NOMS but this contract was not open to the wider MOJ for use. Since November 2008, the expenditure on these items with the current main supplier by the Ministry is as follows:
	
		
			
			 Flat Screen Televisions 139,676 
			 DVD Players and Recorders 11,358 
			 Stereo Equipment 3,648 
			 Total 154,682 
		
	
	This contract is available to MoJ headquarters and its executive agencies (HM Courts Service, Tribunals Service, the Office of The Public Guardian, and the National Offender Management Service). The figure may, however, be incomplete as some equipment may have been purchased outside of the contract using the Government Procurement Card (GPC). To investigate whether any flat screen televisions, DVD players or stereo equipment had been purchased with the GPC card would incur disproportionate cost.

Departmental Electronic Equipment

Dominic Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr. Hammond) of 30 March 2009,  Official Report, columns 993-95W, on departmental electronic equipment, how much his Department, its predecessor and its agencies spent on  (a) flat screen televisions,  (b) DVD players and  (c) stereo equipment in the 2008-09 financial year.

Jack Straw: In 2008-09 the Department and its agencies spent the following amounts (excluding VAT):
	
		
			
			 Flat screen televisions 159,138 
			 DVD players 10,904 
			 Stereo equipment 21,853 
			 Total 191,895 
		
	
	These figures exclude HM Courts Service, where the information could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.
	The significant increase in HQ expenditure in 2008-09 is a result of the refurbishment of the new consolidated building in 102 Petty France which has itself enabled 10 million savings as part of the MoJ Estates Strategy. The whole building was gutted, and re-fitted. In addition this is the first year that full information on these items has been available for NOMS expenditure.
	In collating the information to this response it has been brought to my attention that there were factual errors in the answer to the hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr. Hammond) on 30 March 2009,  Official Report, columns 994-96W.
	My right hon. Friend the Minister of State for Justice (Mr. Wills) will be writing to the hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge to correct these errors and will issue a corrected answer to be printed in the correction section of the  Official Report.
	I apologise for these errors and for the unacceptable delay in providing an answer to this question.

Prison Accommodation

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  how many additional prison places his Department plans to provide in each year between 2008 and 2015; and what the total prison capacity will be in each such year;
	(2)  when he expects work to start on each of the five 1,500 capacity prisons his Department has proposed as an alternative to Titan prisons; and what the annual capital cost of constructing them will be in each year to 2014-15.

Maria Eagle: The Ministry of Justice aims to increase capacity to 96,000 prison places by 2014 which includes delivering an additional 20,000 prison places through the Capacity Programme. The precise numbers and delivery timings will depend on construction schedules and prioritisation within the prisons estate.
	The procurement process for the five 1,500 capacity prisons, known as the New Prisons Programme, is already under way. An OJEU notice to establish a private finance initiative (PFI) framework for firms who could design, build and operate these prisons was published on 3 August 2009. We anticipate appointing up to seven firms onto the framework in spring next year with the first prison being operational in 2013. Under the design, build and operate contracts NOMS will not pay a capital cost for construction and operation, and will instead be charged a single revenue stream covering these elements for the full period of the PFI contracts. It is therefore not possible to identify the capital cost of construction. However, we estimate the total cost of the five new prisons to be in the region of 1.2 billion (at 2008-09 prices and excluding VAT and site purchase costs).

Prison Accommodation

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the estimated annual capital cost of his Department's plan for additional prison capacity is for each year to 2014-15.

Maria Eagle: The estimated annual capital costs for additional prison capacity for the current prison building programme (excluding the 1,500 place new prisons) for each year up to 2013-14 are set out in the following table:
	
		
			  Current forecast 
			   Capital ( million) 
			 2009-10 410 
			 2010-11 280 
			 2011-12 307 
			 2012-13 0 
			 2013-14 0 
		
	
	The 8,500 programme and expansion measure programme is expected to finish in 2011-12. Further capacity will be provided by the New Prisons programme.

Prisoners: Per Capita Costs

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average cost of keeping a person in prison was  (a) in each year since 1997 and  (b) in the latest period for which figures are available.

Maria Eagle: The average direct establishment cost of keeping a person in prison for the years since 1997 is shown in the following table:
	
		
			  Average cost per prisoner 
			
			 2006-07 26,737 
			 2005-06 26,993 
			 2004-05 26,412 
			 2003-04 25,718 
			 2002-03 24,241 
			 2001-02 23,105 
			 2000-01 23,292 
			 1999-2000 21,751 
			 1998-99 20,502 
		
	
	For these years the average costs comprise the public sector establishments' direct resource expenditure as published in the Annual Report and Accounts of Her Majesty's Prison Service (HMPS).
	For the last two years (2008-09 and 2007-08) an overall cost per prisoner including prison related costs met by NOMS outside of HMPS has been calculated as follows:
	
		
			  Overall average cost per prisoner 
			
			 2008-09 41,000 
			 2007-08 39,000 
		
	
	The overall average costs comprise the public sector establishments' direct resource expenditure, increased by an apportionment of costs borne centrally by HMPS and the National Offender Management Service; and the resource expenditure of contracted-out prisons also increased by certain costs borne centrally. This involves some estimation. The figures do not include prisoners held in police and court cells under Operation Safeguard, nor expenditure met by other Government Departments (e.g. for health and education). The prisoner escort service is included.

Carers: Derbyshire

Natascha Engel: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many carers are registered in  (a) Derbyshire and  (b) North East Derbyshire.

Phil Hope: Carers may register with a range of organisations for different purposesthere is no single register as such.
	The number of carers who care for a person aged 18 and over who are offered a carer's assessment or review during the year (1 April to 31 March) is collected annually from councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities on the Referrals, Assessments and Packages of Care returns. Provisional data for 2008-09 was published in September.
	8,700 carers in Derbyshire county council and 1,700 carers in Derby unitary authority were offered an assessment or review in 2008-09.

Departmental Advertising

Lee Scott: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department spent on advertising  (a) in the printed press,  (b) on television and  (c) on radio in each of the last three years.

Phil Hope: The following table shows the Department's spend on press, television and radio advertising in each of the last three complete financial years.
	It should be noted that the figures will not cover the Department's complete spend on advertising as other media (posters, cinema, online) will also have been used during the period.
	
		
			   
			  Financial year  Press advertising  Regional press advertising  Television advertising  Radio advertising 
			 2006-07 3,800,000 780,000 11,050,000 3,530,000 
			 2007-08 4,080,000 850,000 10,250,000 3,160,000 
			 2008-09 10,710,000 1,170,000 23,730,000 5,100,000 
			  Notes: 1. Advertising spend is defined as covering only media spend (inclusive of agency commissions but excluding production costs, COI commission and VAT). 2. These figures do not include the Departments recruitment/classified advertising costs and ad hoc spend under 10,000 and all sums have been rounded to the nearest 10,000. 3. These figures may include occasional minor spend through COI by NHS organisations, to supplement national campaigns in their area. While this expenditure has been excluded as far as possible so that these figures reflect central departmental spend, it would incur disproportionate cost to validate that every item of NHS expenditure has been removed.  Source: Central Office of Information (COI)

Health Services: Finance

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding  (a) the Department for Communities and Local Government and  (b) local authorities will be expected to provide towards the proposed new regime of free care for the elderly.

Phil Hope: The commitment to offer free personal care at home to those with the highest needs is expected to cost up to 670 million per full year. The Government, through the Department of Health, will provide the bulk of this funding (an estimated 420 million per full year) for this historic first step towards a national care service. However, it is right that councils play their part alongside central Government. The remainder of the funding will come from efficiencies in local government which has already delivered 1.764 billion in 2008-09, is due to have delivered at least 3.2 billion by the end of 2009-10, with a target to deliver 5.5 billion over the comprehensive spending review period.

Health Visitors: Training

Anne Milton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the mechanisms are for funding of training health visitors; and how much such funding is being provided by  (a) the Government and  (b) private sources in 2009-10.

Ann Keen: Health visitor training is funded from the 4.6 billion multi-professional education and training budget (MPET) allocated to strategic health authorities (SHAs) and is commissioned by SHAs. Within the overall MPET resources allocated, it is a matter for each SHA to determine their own priorities including how much is spent on post-registration training commissions for health visitors. Under the current service level agreement with SHAs, each SHA is expected to provide for investment in training commissions based on long term workforce need and local financial plans.
	Information on how much funding is being provided for health visitor training from private sources in 2009-10 is not held centrally.

Mental Health: Prisoners

Paul Holmes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prisoners in each strategic health authority region have been transferred to a secure mental health unit in each of the last five years.

Phil Hope: The quarterly regional Prison Health Performance and Quality Indicators introduced in 2007-08, provide information about transfers of prisoners requiring inpatient treatment for mental disorder. Prior to this period, information is available on a quarterly basis but is not broken down by health authority regions.
	
		
			  Total numbers of transfers under all sections of the Mental Health Act 1983 per quarter 
			   Q uarter  1  Q uarter  2  Q uarter  3  Q uarter  4  Total 
			 2005-06 285 277 315 266 1,143 
			 2006-07 300 313 341 264 1,218 
			 2007-08 296 300 319 280 1,195 
			 2008-09 342 307 335 294 1,278 
			 2009-10 320 
		
	
	Data covering the year 2007-08 is incomplete. Complete information broken down by strategic health authority regions and Wales for the year 2008-09 is in the following table.
	
		
			  Transfers under all sections of the Mental Health Act by strategic health authority 2008-09 
			  Region  Q uarter  1  Q uarter  2  Q uarter  3  Q uarter  4  Total 
			 North East 21 13 11 11 56 
			 Yorks and Humber 34 19 32 30 115 
			 North West 43 37 44 40 164 
			 East Midlands 28 24 27 16 95 
			 West Midlands 25 18 22 23 88 
			 Eastern 17 26 30 34 107 
			 London 85 79 81 71 316 
			 South East 46 51 54 47 198 
			 South West 34 27 27 13 101 
			 Wales 9 13 7 9 38 
			 Total 342 307 335 294 1,278

Prescription Drugs: North Yorkshire

Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost of  (a) all medicines dispensed and  (b) medicines dispensed to patients aged 60 years and over by the NHS in North Yorkshire and York was in each year since 1996-97.

Mike O'Brien: The information is not available in the format requested. Information showing the net ingredient cost of medicines dispensed via an FP10 prescription in primary care within the North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust for the period September 2004 to August 2009 is shown in the following table.
	The cost of medicines dispensed for patients aged 60 years and over is not available.
	
		
			  Information showing the net ingredient cost of medicines dispensed via an FPI0 prescription in primary care within the North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust for the period September 2004 to August 2009 
			   Number of items ( Thousand )  Net ingredient cost (000)  Average net ingredient cost per item () 
			 September 2004 914 9,942 10.88 
			 October 2004 947 9,976 10.54 
			 November 2004 942 10,067 10.69 
			 December 2004 976 10,577 10.83 
			 January 2005 871 9,496 10.90 
			 February 2005 824 8,586 10.42 
			 March 2005 925 9,647 10.44 
			 September 2004 to March 2005 6,398 68,291 10.67 
			 
			 April 2005 940 9,522 10.13 
			 May 2005 911 9,223 10.12 
			 June 2005 968 9,798 10.12 
			 July 2005 925 9,227 9.97 
			 August 2005 942 9,452 10.03 
			 September 2005 967 9,811 10.15 
			 October 2005 1,020 10,099 9.90 
			 November 2005 1,004 10,096 10.06 
			 December 2005 993 10,242 10.31 
			 January-2006 935 9,652 10.32 
			 February 2006 881 9,096 10.32 
			 March 2006 1,011 10,273 10.16 
			 Total for year 2005-06 11,498 116,492 10.13 
			 
			 April 2006 892 9,087 10.19 
			 May 2006 972 9,901 10.19 
			 June 2006 999 10,092 10.11 
			 July 2006 945 9,723 10.29 
			 August 2006 977 10,103 10.34 
			 September 2006 955 9,884 10.35 
			 October 2006 1,018 9,707 9.53 
			 November 2006 1,064 10,067 9.46 
			 December 2006 998 9,686 9.70 
			 January 2007 1,023 10,135 9.91 
			 February 2007 916 9,088 9.93 
			 March 2007 1,022 10,200 9.98 
			 Total for year 2006-07 11,780 117,674 9.99 
			 
			 April 2007 961 9,777 10.18 
			 May 2007 1,033 10,498 10.16 
			 June 2007 1,006 10,280 10.22 
			 July 2007 1,027 10,184 9.92 
			 August 2007 1,046 10,395 9.94 
			 September 2007 963 9,615 9.98 
			 October 2007 1,145 10,350 9.04 
			 November 2007 1,091 9,966 9.13 
			 December 2007 1,025 9,540 9.31 
			 January 2008 1,060 9,857 9.30 
			 February 2008 996 9,369 9.41 
			 March 2008 989 9,238 9.34 
			 Total for year 2007-08 12,341 119,069 9.65 
			 
			 April 2008 1,074 10,045 9.35 
			 May 2008 1,065 9,942 9.34 
			 June 2008 1,035 9,671 9.35 
			 July 2008 1,114 10,414 9.35 
			 August 2008 1,030 9,699 9.42 
			 September 2008 1,066 10,034 9.42 
			 October 2008 1,231 11,269 9.16 
			 November 2008 1,057 9,768 9.24 
			 December 2008 1,175 10,990 9.35 
			 January 2009 1,082 10,136 9.37 
			 February 2009 1,005 9,517 9.47 
			 March 2009 1,109 10,124 9.13 
			 Total for year 2008-09 13,041 121,608 9.32 
			 
			 April 2009 1,113 10,150 9.12 
			 May 2009 1,087 10,044 9.24 
			 June 2009 1,142 10,520 9.21 
			 July 2009 1,184 11,088 9.37 
			 August 2009 1,064 9,930 9.33 
			 April 2009 to August 2009 5,590 51,732 9.25 
			 Total September 2004 to August 2009 60,649 594,866 9.81 
			  Notes:  1. Data have been supplied by financial year 2005-06 to 2008-09. Only the last 60 months data are available; therefore data prior to September 2004 are not available. September to December data are available for 2004. March to August data are available for 2009-10.  2. NHS Prescription Services (RxS) is responsible for the reimbursement and remuneration of dispensing contractors in England on behalf of the Department of Health. NHS RxS captures prescription items submitted by dispensing contractors for reimbursement and remuneration purposes.  3. North Yorkshire and York has been defined as the North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust (PCT).  4. On 1 October 2006 four PCTs, Hambelton and Richmondshire PCT, Craven Harrogate and Rural District PCT, Scarborough, Whitby and Rydale PCT and Selby and York PCT merged to form North Yorkshire and York PCT. The data provided prior to October 2006 have been collated from these PCTs and have been structured in line with current PCT arrangements.  5. The data are based on England community dispensing (not prescribing) data only. These may include items prescribed in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man which have been dispensed in England. The data exclude items prescribed in England but dispensed in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Isle of Man.  6. The data do not cover drugs dispensed in prisons, hospitals, including mental health trusts, walk-in centres or private prescriptions but do include prison and hospital prescriptions which are dispensed in the community.  7. Prescriptions are written/printed on a prescription form. Each single item written on the form is counted as a prescription item.  8. The net ingredient cost is the basic price of a drug prior to discount being deducted (where applicable) as stated in Part II Clause 8 of the Drug Tariff for England and Wales (www.ppa.org.uk/ppa/edt_intro.htm). It excludes dispensing fees, container allowances and other fees paid to contractors.  9. The average net ingredient cost per item for North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust has fallen significantly between September 2004 and August 2009. This follows the downward trend in the national average net ingredient cost over the same period.  Prescription exemption data.  10. When determining payment to contractors, it is only necessary for NHS RxS to determine whether:  a prescription charge has been collected; or  a patient has completed a declaration of exemption, when a declaration is required.  Up until November 2007, NHS RxS determined and recorded the exemption category on every 20th form that is exempt from the prescription charge. The data were recorded from the tick-box shown on the reverse of FP10 prescription forms, and where appropriate from the age or date of birth printed on the front of the form. This relied on the form to be clear and completed correctly which may not have always been the case.  11. The information from the sample of prescription forms informed the Department of Health of the frequency of claims for exemption from prescription charges in each exemption category.  12. Due to the method applied when sampling exemption data, this information can only be viewed as an estimate of the number of products issued for patients within an exemption category and is not statistically valid when applied to individual PCT's.  13. From December 2007 NHS RxS changed the processes for pricing prescriptions and for capturing prescription charge exemption status. Therefore NHS RxS cannot reliably estimate the data for each exemption category relating to the age of the patient from this date.  14. The processes for capturing information during the reimbursement and remuneration processes undertaken formerly by the Prescription Pricing Authority, and latterly by NHS RxS, were designed to allow an analysis of trends in prescribing and dispensing patterns. However, tighter statistical governance requirements and greater scrutiny of the level of accuracy and precision of data within the NHS suggest that it would be inappropriate to provide exemption category data in detail.  Source:  National Health Service RxS Information System.

Business: Government Assistance

Lorely Burt: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many applications have been  (a) received and  (b) granted for funding from the 100 million Government support scheme made available for small and medium-sized enterprises in Budget 2009 to improve their energy efficiency.

Joan Ruddock: I have been asked to reply.
	After applying the Barnett formula, 83.9 million of the 100 million funding announced at Budget 2009 was allocated to the Carbon Trust by DECC for loans to SMEs in England in 2009-10 and 2010-11.
	The Carbon Trust informs me that they have received 746 applications for this funding, of which 623 have been approved. This amounts to 18.1 million in loan commitments in England since April, more than double the volume of loans offered at this point in the last financial year.

Departmental Internet

Justine Greening: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate his Department has made of the cost of maintaining and updating its Twitter account; and how many staff are responsible for updating the account.

Patrick McFadden: The estimated costs of staff time in maintaining and updating the @bisgovuk Twitter account are 3,175 a year. The task is the shared responsibility of the Department's Digital Communications team as part of their overall range of duties and the total effort is estimated as half an hour per day. No staff are assigned to Twitter work specifically.

Export Credits Guarantee Department

Mark Oaten: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to note 37 to the Export Credits Guarantee Department resource accounts for 2008-09, the annual accounts for First Securitisation Company Limited, published in June 2009, and the most recent annual returns of Guaranteed Export Finance Corporation plc and First Securitisation Company Limited, what the ownership structure is of Guaranteed Export Finance Corporation plc.

Ian Lucas: The Guaranteed Export Finance Corporation plc is owned by two charitable trust companies, First Securitisation Company Limited (FSCL) and Capita IRG Trustees Limited. The Guaranteed Export Finance Corporation plc has issued 50,000 1 shares and, of these, FSCL holds 49,999 and Capita IRG Trustees Limited holds one.

Higher Education

Stephen Williams: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department and its predecessors spent on increasing the retention rate in higher education in each of the last five years.

David Lammy: In addition to its core teaching funding, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) provides institutions with additional funding to help support student retention. The total amounts for the last five academic years are as follows:
	
		
			   
			   2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09 
			 Full Time Students 159,353,247 166,640,907 184,128,520 188,582,804 192,875,340 
			 Part Time Students 53,883,613 54,283,169 55,763,058 57,351,573 60,292,489 
			  Source:  Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) 
		
	
	We maintain very good completion rates for first degreesOECD statistics show that the UK ranks third of 27 countries. This has been achieved and maintained during a
	period when higher education has been opened up to both increased numbers and a greater diversity of students.

Higher Education: Age Participation Rates

Jim Cousins: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what the rate of participation by 18 year olds resident in each region of England in higher education has been in each year since 2003-04.

David Lammy: This information is currently only available for the years 2005-06 and 2006-07. Nationally, the latest figures show that some 31 per cent. of young people who were in maintained schools at age 15 in 2002/03 had progressed to HE by age 19 by 2006/07. This latest percentage is derived from the matched Higher Education StatisticsNational Pupil DatabaseIndividual Learning Record dataset and reflects those persons who progress to HE in 2005/06 at age 18 or in 2006/07 at age 19.
	The figures for each Government office region (GOR) are shown in the table. Children aged 15 were allocated to each GOR based on the location of the school they attended.
	
		
			  Percentage of 15-year-old students in maintained schools in England who progressed to higher education by age 19split by Government office region 
			   2005-06( 1)  2006-07( 2) 
			 London 35 36 
			 West Midlands 29 30 
			 North West 29 30 
			 Yorkshire and the Humber 27 27 
			 North East 27 27 
			 South West 29 29 
			 East of England 30 30 
			 South East 32 32 
			 East Midlands 30 30 
			 England 30 31 
			 (1) Percentage of children aged 15 attending maintained schools in 2001-02 who progressed to higher education by 2005-06 by age 19 (2) Percentage of children aged 15 attending maintained schools in 2002-03 who progressed to higher education by 2006-07 by age 19  Source: Matched Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), National Pupil Database (NPD) and Individual Learner Record (ILR)

Insolvency Service: Publicity

John Penrose: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what the reasons were for the higher expenditure by the Insolvency Service on promotional items in 2007-08 than in the previous two years.

Ian Lucas: During the year 2007-08, 23,489.94 was spent. Of this, 11,892.22 was assigned to the service's Enabling the Future (EtF) programme and 11,680 was assigned to the rest of the service.
	EtF is a major change programme which is enabling Insolvency Service staff to provide the best possible service to customers. It represents a major programme of investment in the service's systems and the way it works, aimed at: providing modern tools and processes to support the highest quality of customer service; reducing costs and so improving the value for money the service offers; and making the service a better and more rewarding place for staff to work in. The money was spent on internal publicity material designed to ensure that the changes in working practices were embedded within the organisation.
	The 11,680 was assigned to the rest of the service.

KBR: Export Credit Guarantees

Menzies Campbell: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many applications for cover from  (a) Kellogg, Brown and Root and its subsidiaries and  (b) MW Kellogg Limited and its subsidiaries the Export Credits Guarantee Department has considered since 2000.

Ian Lucas: Since 2000, ECGD has considered applications in respect of the following business:
	 (a) Kellogg, Brown and Root:
	2004works in connection with an oilfield development in Kazakhstan.
	 (b) M W Kellogg Limited:
	2002works in connection with the construction of two gas liquefaction units in Nigeria.

Mabey and Johnson: Export Credit Guarantees

Menzies Campbell: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what support has been provided to Mabey and Johnson Ltd by the Export Credits Guarantee Department; and what the  (a) project or product involved,  (b) date of approval,  (c) amount of exposure at the date of approval and  (d) destination country for the export was in each case.

Ian Lucas: ECGD has provided support in respect of the contracts listed as follows involving Mabey and Johnson since 1985. The exports were for steel bridges and flyovers.
	
		
			   Country  ECGD's original maximum liability (million) 
			 1985 Iraq 4.59 
			 1987 Indonesia US$24.02 
			 1991 Indonesia 6.00 
			 1992 Ghana 16.46 
			 1996 Philippines 23.56 
			 1997 Panama US$36.3 
			 1999 Philippines (1)JPY 11,133.8 
			 2000 Bangladesh (1)JPY 2,707.6 
			 2000 Jamaica 17.28 
			 2000 Philippines (1)JPY 19,026.1 
			 2001 Dominican Republic US$35.66 
			 2001 Philippines (1)JPY 26,767.1 
			 2002 Venezuela US$2.57 
			 2002 Papua New Guinea (1)JPY 6,743.1 
			 2003 Sri Lanka (1)JPY 4,161.8 
			 2003 Jamaica 19.79 
			 2005 Philippines (1)JPY 19,009.6 
			 2006 Philippines (1)JPY 11,757.3 
			 2008 Sri Lanka (1)JPY 15,770.4 
			 (1)Japanese Yen

Manufacturing Insight

Lorely Burt: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding his Department has made available to Manufacturing Insight for the promotion of manufacturing in the UK in the last three years.

Ian Lucas: Manufacturing Insight was established in 2009 and will be formally launched to business in October 2009. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has allocated 50,000 per annum for two years towards start-up costs, as part of a package of core funding, which is to come from the wider business community.

Motor Vehicles: Innovation

Fraser Kemp: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department and its predecessors have taken to support research and development in the automotive industry in the last five years.

Ian Lucas: BIS and its predecessors have worked with other Government Departments, the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) and other organisations to support research and development (RD) by the UK automotive sector in a range of ways over the last five years. In particular, the Technology Strategy Board's Low Carbon Vehicles Innovation Platform, launched in May 2007, is the key delivery agent for the Government's RD funding on low carbon vehicles. The Low Carbon Vehicles Integrated Delivery Programme is a key tool that the Innovation Platform will use to achieve its goal over the coming five years. The programme involves about 250 million of joint government and industry investment and co-ordinates the UK's low carbon vehicle activity from initial strategic academic research through to industry-led collaborative RD. 25 million has been allocated to highly innovative, industry-led collaborative research projects in the field of ultra low carbon vehicle development and demonstration.
	Government have also supported automotive RD through the Centres of Excellence on Low Carbon and Fuel Cells (CENEX) and Intelligent Transport Systems and Sustainable Mobility (InnovITS) which have received total funding from this Department of over 13 million. The Foresight Vehicle programme ran from 1997 to 2007 and supported RD through the associated LINK programme.
	Government provided over 45 million funding which supported 100 collaborative RD projects with a value in excess of 100 million. In addition, the 2.3 billion Automotive Assistance Programme has been designed, among other things, to help support the development of cutting-edge technology in the longer term.

Motor Vehicles: Manufactering Industries

Mark Oaten: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate has been made of the maximum number of car purchases which may be supported by the car scrappage scheme; and how much of the funding allocated to the scheme has been disbursed.

Ian Lucas: Following the extension announced on 28 September 2009, the vehicle scrappage scheme will now, subject to parliamentary approval, cover up to 400,000 transactions. 253,364 orders have been placed (covering the period from 23 April to 11 October) and 135,188,000 has been paid out under the scheme as at 21 October. BIS payments are made once orders are fulfilled and transactions are completed.

Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

Mark Oaten: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills which applications for funding from the Low Carbon Vehicles Innovation Platform had been successful on the latest date for which information is available.

Patrick McFadden: To date, the successful applications for funding under the Technology Strategy Board's Low Carbon Vehicles Innovation Platform are:
	
		
			  September 2007 
			  Lead Company  Project Title 
			  Competition  
			 Jaguar Cars Ltd Limo-Green 
			 FiFe Batteries Ltd Li-Ion batteries for plug-in HEVs 
			 Magnomatics Ltd HiTED 
			 Axon Automotive Axon 60 
			 Jaguar Cars Ltd Flywheel hybrid system for premium vehicles 
			 TWI Ltd (LAB-LCV) 
			 Leyland Trucks Ltd Second generation 7.5t-12t diesel/electric hybrid truck 
			 Land Rover Range Extended Vehicle (REHEV) 
			 Tanfield Group plc DESERVE - Develop high energy battery and high power supercaps for all electric range van evaluation 
			 BAE Systems Hybrid electric technology for transit buses 
			 Ford Motor Co Ltd Engine optimisation for reduced parasitic losses 
			 Hatcher Components Ltd Commercial vehicle fuel and carbon reduction by the use of 'aerospace aero' devices 
			 Intelligent Energy Zero emission London taxi commercialisation 
			 Ricardo UK Ltd 2/4 CAR 2/4 - stroke switching carbon reduction vehicle 
			 JLR Lower cost, light weight vehicles by increasing the use of post consumer aluminium scrap 
			   
			  Ultra-efficient vehicle systems competition  
			 Smith Electric Vehicles Integrated 'E' van system 
			 Ricardo UK Ltd. HyboostHybridised boosted optimised system with turbocompound 
			 Axeon Technologies Ltd. Next generation battery management system 
			 Integral Powertrain Ltd. Ultra-cost efficient hybrid powertrain (UCEHP) 
			 Nissan Motor Manufacturing Ultra-efficient electric machines and drives for EVs and HEVs 
			   
			  Ultra-low carbon vehicles demonstrator competition  
			 Arup Coventry and Birmingham Low Emission Demonstrators (CABLED) 
			 AEA EEMS Accelerate 
			 Nissan/Smith Electric Vehicles Electric Vehicle Accelerated Development in the North East (EVADINE) 
			 Ford Motor Company Ford Focus Battery Electric Vehicle 
			 EDF Energy/Elektromotive/Greater London Authority/Westminster City Council London South East Bid 
			 BMW Group MINI E Research Project 
			 Peugeot Peugeot Electric Cars 
			 Toyota/EDF Energy PHVPaving the way to full commercialisation of plug-in hybrid vehicles 
		
	
	The above 28 projects are being grant funded to a total of 59.1 million.

Northern Rock: Corporate Hospitality

Lorely Burt: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much the Shareholder Executive has spent on entertaining staff of Northern Rock since January 2008.

Patrick McFadden: Gary Hoffman (chief executive) and Anne Godbehere (chief finance officer) of Northern Rock attended the Shareholder Executive Annual Reception on the 9 October 2008.
	The cost of the reception, quoted by Government Hospitality, was 35 per head.

Students: Employment

Mark Lancaster: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the proportion of university students who were undertaking part-time employment at the same time as their studies in the latest period for which figures are available.

David Lammy: The Student Income and Expenditure Survey 2007-08, published on the 21 April, is a comprehensive study of student income, expenditure, borrowing and debt. It showed that 53 per cent. of all English domiciled full-time undergraduate students undertook paid work at some time during the academic yeareither during term-time, during the short vacations or both. For those undertaking such work, earnings over the academic year were on average 4,005 (after tax).

Training: Finance

John Hayes: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding his Department provided to employers for employer-based training as classified by the Sector Skills Council in  (a) 2006-07 and  (b) 2007-08.

Kevin Brennan: The Department's main support for work-based adult skills training is provided through the Train to Gain and Apprenticeships programmes. In 2006-07 the expenditure on both these programmes was 457 million; in 2007-08 it rose to 585 million.

UK Innovation Investment Fund: Finance

Mark Oaten: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding the Government will provide for the new UK Innovation Investment Fund in the next three years; and how much private sector investment he expects the Fund to receive in that period.

David Lammy: The Government are committing 150 million of tax payer's investment to build a fund of up to 1 billion over its 10-year life. The Government expect that their investment of 150 million will leverage significant investment from the private sector.

USA: Overseas Trade

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what the monetary value of trade was between the UK and the United States in each of the last five years.

Ian Lucas: The data requested are shown in the following table
	
		
			   million 
			   UK exports of goods to USA  UK exports of services to USA  UK imports of goods from USA  UK imports of services from USA  Total UK-USA trade 
			 2004 28,794 25,790 22,525 15,357 92,466 
			 2005 31,095 24,423 22,530 16,329 94,377 
			 2006 32,287 29,226 25,830 16,792 104,135 
			 2007 32,274 32,964 26,095 18,387 109,720 
			 2008 35,351 36,173 25,848 19,703 117,075 
			  Source: UK Balance of Payments Pink Book, 2009 edition

Video Games

Philip Davies: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what the monetary value of  (a) video game exports and  (b) video game imports was in each year from 2001 to 2008.

Ian Lucas: Full figures are not separately identifiable for trade in video games as a whole: royalties, licence fees and trade in services associated with video games are not separately identifiable; nor are trade in goods figures for video games not for use with a television receiver. The figures in the following table are for trade in goods for video games for use with a television receiver (Harmonised System code 950410) recorded in the overseas trade statistics.
	
		
			   Exports  Imports 
			 2001 71m 216m 
			 2002 139m 465m 
			 2003 104m 387m 
			 2004 68m 283m 
			 2005 86m 285m 
			 2006 114m 516m 
			 2007 182m 1,026m 
			 2008 220m 1,140m

Common Purpose: Finance

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to page 18 of his Department's Resource Accounts for 2008-09, HC 449, how much his Department has paid to Common Purpose since its establishment; and who the young leaders being trained by Common Purpose are.

Barbara Follett: The Department for Communities and Local Government has funded Common Purpose a total of 215,000 since 2007 to provide leadership training to members of Muslim communities.
	2006-07: 85,000 to provide leadership training to 40 Muslim community leaders.
	2007-08: 65,000 to deliver training to 60 emerging leaders within the Muslim Community, with a particular focus on women, young people and faith leaders.
	2008-09: 65,000 to provide leadership training to 65 younger members of the Muslim community, including a schools and colleges programme.
	Communities and Local Government has also spent 20,950 on six Common Purpose training programmes for members of CLG staff since the year 2000.

Departmental Public Expenditure

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to page 76 of his Department's Resource Accounts for 2008-09, HC 449, to whom the 301,000 payment in settlement of a personal injury claim was made in December 2008; and where the injury occurred.

Barbara Follett: This amount relates to a payment made to a private individual. Disclosing the name of this individual would breach the first data protection principle. However, I can confirm that the payment was in settlement of a personal injury compensation claim which was brought against the Department by a former Property Services Agency employee who contracted mesothelioma as a result of exposure to asbestos in the workplace.

Departmental Public Expenditure

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to page 76 of his Department's Resource Accounts for 2008-09, HC 449, to whom the 750,000 compensation payment in respect of the Local Authority Business Growth Incentive scheme was made in November 2008; and for what reasons.

Barbara Follett: The payment of 750,000 in November 2008 was an out of court settlement to Cannock Chase district council in respect of legal challenges.

Departmental Public Expenditure

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to page 76 of his Department's Resource Accounts for 2008-09, HC 449, to whom the 9.3 million compensation payment was made in October 2008; and for what reasons.

Barbara Follett: This payment was made to the Midlands Co-operative Society Ltd. It was in settlement of a claim relating to the handling of a planning case which was investigated by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration. This is explained further in chapter 10.83 of the departmental annual report.

Fire Prevention

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent guidance his Department has issued to fire authorities on Community Risk Management.

Shahid Malik: Fire and Rescue Authorities produce Community Risk Plans as part of the Integrated Risk Management Planning process.
	FRAs are required by the Fire and Rescue Service National Framework to have in place and maintain an Integrated Risk Management Plan (IRMP) which reflects local need and sets out plans to tackle effectively both existing and potential risks to communities. The IRMP enables the authority to tailor cover for fire and other incidents to local circumstancesevaluating where risk is greatest and allocating resource accordingly.
	A range of guidance on the drawing up of IRMPs has been issued to FRAs and is available on the Communities and Local Government website.
	FRAs are also required by the National Framework, in drawing up their IRMPs, to have regard to the risk analyses completed by Local and Regional Resilience Forums including those reported in external Community Risk Registers (CRRs) and internal risk registers, to ensure that civil and terrorist contingencies are captured in their IRMP.
	The Cabinet Office issues guidance in the form of the Local Risk Assessment Guidance which contains information on generic hazards and threats that should assist to CAT 1 responders (including the fire and rescue service) in performing their risk assessment duties required under the Civil Contingencies Act.

Fire Services

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent guidance his Department has issued to fire and rescue authorities on  (a) the reconfiguration of fire services,  (b) the use of retained firefighters by fire services and  (c) fire station closures.

Shahid Malik: Decisions on issues such as the provision of fire services and the closure of fire stations are taken by individual Fire and Rescue Authorities (FRAs) as part of the Integrated Risk Management Planning process.
	FRAs are required by the Fire and Rescue Service National Framework to have in place and maintain an Integrated Risk Management Plan (IRMP) which reflects local need and sets out plans to tackle effectively both existing and potential risks to communities. The IRMP enables the authority to tailor cover for fire and other incidents to local circumstancesevaluating where risk is greatest and allocating resources, accordingly. That would include decisions regarding the appropriate deployment of all firefighters including those working on the retained duty system.
	A range of guidance on the drawing up of IRMPs has been issued to FRAs and is available on the Communities and Local Government website.

Local Government Finance

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what  (a) audit and  (b) inspection fees the Audit Commission has charged each local authority in England in each of the last three years.

Rosie Winterton: This is an operational matter for the Audit Commission, and I will ask the chief executive of the Audit Commission to write to the hon. Member direct.
	 Letter from Steve Bundred, dated 22 October 2009:
	Parliamentary Question: what  (a) audit and  (b) inspection fees the Audit Commission has charged each local authority in England in each of the last three years.
	Your Parliamentary Question outlined above has been passed to me to reply.
	Attached are two tables providing the audit and inspection fees the Audit Commission has charged to each principal local authority in England in each of the last three years (2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09).
	The lists of bodies are different as not all local authorities (as defined by section 270 of the Local Government Act 1972) are subject to the Audit Commission's inspection powers.
	 Audit fees (Table 1)tables available in the Library of the House.
	The audit fees provided exclude some 9,500 parish and town councils. The vast majority of these have income or expenditure below 1 million and are subject to the limited assurance audit approach set out in Schedule 1 to the statutory Code of Audit Practice. They have fixed audit fees based on the income or expenditure and we have excluded the fees as it would take a disproportionate amount of time to collate the information requested.
	The final audit fees for:
	the audit of the 2008/09 accounts; and
	nine 2007/08 audits, which have yet to be certified as completed (marked by *);
	have not yet been determined by the Commission (as required by section 7 of the Audit Commission Act 1998) as not all audits have been completed. We expect the fees to be determined early in 2010.
	 Inspection fees (Table 2)
	The inspection fees provided relate to the Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) system. Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) was introduced from 1 April 2009; and with the introduction of CAA, the Commission's income from inspection fees has reduced significantly. Comparing the final full year of CPA (2007/08) with the first year of CAA (2009/10), inspection fee income from local authorities has reduced from 11.6 million to 6.7 million.
	A copy of this letter has been placed in  Hansard.

Non-Domestic Rates

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of  (a) net and  (b) gross revenue from business rates in (i) 1997-98, (ii) 2008-09, (iii) 2009-10 and (iv) 2010-11.

Barbara Follett: Details of the gross and net revenue (in  millions) from business rates in (i) 1998-99, (ii) 2008-09, (iii) 2009-10 are shown in the following table. Data for 1997-98 are not available.
	
		
			   million 
			   Gross revenue  Net revenue 
			 1998-99 12,950 11,445 
			 2008-09 20,638 19,072 
			 2009-10 22,473 20,623 
			 2010-11 23,445  
		
	
	Data for 1998-99, 2008-09 and 2009-10 are taken from the local lists and are collected on national non-domestic rates (NNDR1 and NNDR3) returns completed by all billing authorities in England. Data for 1998-99 and 2008-09 are outturn data; data for 2009-10 are budget data. NNDR data for 2010-11 are not yet available. However an estimate of the gross revenue for 2010-11 has been provided using the figure used in consulting on the 2010 revaluation transitional arrangements. This figure assumed zero inflation. No estimates have been made of the net revenue figure for 2010-11. The 2010-11 data were calculated on a different basis to those collected on the NNDR forms and so the figures are not strictly comparable.
	The data for 2008-09 are published in Table 1 of the statistical release National non-domestic rates collected by local authorities in England 2008-09.
	The data for 2009-10 are published in Table 1 of the statistical release National non-domestic rates to be collected by local authorities in England 2009-10.
	Both these releases are available on the Communities and Local Government website at:
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/localgovernment/localregional/localgovernmentfinance/statistics/nondomesticrates/
	The data for 2010-11 are published in Table 1 of the consultation paper The Transitional Arrangements for the Non-domestic Rating Revaluation published on 8 July 2009. This paper can be found on the Communities and Local Government website at:
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/localgovernment/nndrrevaluation2010
	Gross revenue is defined as the yield from non-domestic rates that could be collected in the year, irrespective of the year to which it relates, before the deduction of reliefs and before any allowances for the cost of collection.
	Net revenue is defined as the yield from non-domestic rates that could be collected in the year, irrespective of the year to which it relates, after the deduction of reliefs and before any allowance for the cost of collection.

Non-Domestic Rates

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what changes are proposed to the thresholds for  (a) small business rate relief,  (b) empty property rate relief and  (c) supplementary business rates following the 2010 non-domestic rate revaluation.

Barbara Follett: The rateable value thresholds in the Small Business Rate Relief scheme will increase from 1 April 2010. Eligible businesses, who generally occupy only one property, with a rateable value of 6,000 or below (increased from 5,000) may apply for 50 per cent. relief. Eligible ratepayers with a rateable value between 6,001 and 12,000 (increased from 5,001 and 10,000 respectively) may apply for relief on a sliding scale between 50 and 0 per cent.. Eligible ratepayers with a rateable value between 12,001 and 17,999 or 25,499 in Greater London (increased from 10,001, 14,999 and 21,499 respectively) may apply for their rates liability to be calculated using the small business non-domestic multiplier. Additional properties with a rateable value up to 2,599 (increased from 2,199) can be disregarded in deciding whether the single occupancy criterion has been met. However, the rateable values of such properties are included in determining whether or not the threshold criterion has been met.
	No decisions have been made on changes to the threshold for empty property relief as a result of revaluation 2010. Hereditaments with a rateable value of 50,000 or less will be exempt from the business rate supplements. In addition there is discretion within the Business Rate Supplements Act 2009 for levying authorities to increase the liability threshold.

Non-Domestic Rates: Empty Property

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the change in revenue to accrue from empty property rates relief in  (a) 2008-09 and  (b) 2009-10.

Barbara Follett: Local authorities reported they granted 1,294 million of empty property relief in 2007-08 and 487 million of empty property relief in 2008-09. They estimate they will grant empty property relief of 570 million in 2009-10.
	These data are available in the National non-domestic rates statistics releases that are available on the Communities and Local Government website at
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/localgovernment/localregional/localgovernmentfinance/statistics/nondomesticrates/

Racial Discrimination

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 21 July 2009,  Official Report, columns 118-9WS, on the Tackling Race Inequalities Fund, when he expects funding to be allocated to each organisation listed.

Shahid Malik: The Tackling Race Inequalities Fund programme was announced subject to agreeing detailed work programmes and monitoring and reporting arrangements.
	As at 14 October my Department has approved 26 of the detailed workplans out of the total 27 successful projects.
	The Tackling Race Inequalities Fund (TRIF) Managing Agentthe Community Development Foundation (CDF)has issued a total of 24 funding agreements to the TRIF funded organisations that have approved workplans; they are currently in contact with the organisations to agree administrative processes, and the last organisation regarding their detail work programme. CDF has received 13 signed funding agreements and paid over grant funding on receipt of a grant claim from these TRIF funded organisations.

Departmental Advertising

Pete Wishart: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much her Department spent on advertising in each newspaper in the latest year for which figures are available.

Jim Knight: Government policies and programmes affect the lives of millions of people and in order for them to have the desired effect they must be communicated effectively while representing value to the taxpayer. We want everyone to claim all the help they are entitled to.
	The DWP provides services for over 20 million people, from helping the most vulnerable pensioners to getting people back to work and much of this Department's communications activity is aimed at raising awareness of these vital services and entitlements. Our communications also contribute to the Department's work to tackle benefit fraud.
	The channels used for advertising in the media are firstly via the advertising and media buying roster of the Central Office of Information (COI) for campaign and editorial requirements, and, secondly, via local and national newspapers for recruitment and low value, low complexity adverts on behalf of DWP agencies.
	The Department's spend on newspaper advertising for 2008-09 is as follows:
	
		
			  Spend on newspaper advertising for 2008-09 
			   Total value ( million) 
			 Central Office of Information (COI) 4.12 
			 DWP Direct Advertising 1.11 
			  Note: Costs given are for media spend only and exclude the cost of creative work, research, production of supporting materials or launch events.  Sources: 1. Central Office of Information sourceCOI 28 September 2009 2. DWP direct advertising sourceDWP Commercial Intelligence 
		
	
	We are not able to provide the breakdown of costs by publication as we use so many that we would incur disproportionate cost in trying to identify each individual publication listed in the spend data files.

Incapacity Benefit

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of completed work capability assessments have involved former claimants of incapacity benefit; and if she will make a statement.

Jonathan R Shaw: holding answer 21 October 2009
	National level statistics on the Work Capability Assessment covering Great Britain were published on 13 October 2009 and are available via the Office for National Statistics Publication Hub. A copy of the publication has been placed in the Library and can be accessed directly on the following website:
	http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/workingage/esa_wca.asp
	Full benefit information for completed Work Capability Assessments is not available as some assessments cannot yet be linked to an Employment and Support Allowance claim. The volume and percentage of all Employment and Support Allowance new claims from October 2008 to February 2009 that have completed the Work Capability Assessment with an incapacity benefit claim in the previous two years are provided in the following table.
	
		
			  Number and percentage of employment and support allowance new claims from October 2008 to February 2009 completing the work capability assessment with an incapacity benefit claim in the two years prior to the employment and support allowance claim 
			   Number  Percentage 
			 Total 20,400  
			 Percentage  20 
			  Notes: 1. This data is based on recorded advice from ATOS, rather than the Decision Maker's final determination. The final outcomes of cases may change. This will be further compounded by reconsiderations following additional medical evidence and the outcomes of appeals. Full guidance on the national figures is included in the published statistics referred to in the table. 2. Figures are rounded to the nearest 100.

New Deal Schemes: Enfield

Joan Ryan: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many disabled people resident in Enfield North constituency found work through the New Deal in each year since 2001.

Jim Knight: The table shows the number of job starts by disabled people in the Enfield North constituency who have found work through the New Deal for Disabled People since 1998. Some individuals may have had more than one job start.
	
		
			   Job starts 
			 1998 (1) 
			 1999 (1) 
			 2000 (1) 
			 2001 (1) 
			 2002 10 
			 2003 10 
			 2004 20 
			 2005 20 
			 2006 30 
			 2007 40 
			 2008 20 
			 2009 (1) 
			 (1 )Nil or negligible.   Notes:  1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.  2. Westminster Parliamentary Constituency (post May 2005) is allocated using the ONS Postcode Directory and customer's postcode.  3. Year of entering job is the calendar year that the job was gained.  4. Latest data is for February 2009.   Source:  The Department for Work and Pensions, Information Directorate. The figures are available at http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/tabtool.asp

Pension Credit: Bedfordshire

Nadine Dorries: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Mid Bedfordshire constituency receive pension credit.

Angela Eagle: The information requested is in the following table:
	
		
			  Number 
			   Households in receipt of pension credit  Individual beneficiaries of pension credit 
			 Mid-Bedfordshire parliamentary constituency 2,730 3,370 
			  Notes:  1. The number of households in receipt are rounded to the nearest 10.  2. Household recipients are those people who claim pension credit either for themselves only or on behalf of a household.  3. Number of beneficiariespension credit is claimed on a household basis and therefore the number of people that pension credit helps is the number of claimants in addition to the number of partners for whom they are also claiming.   Source:  DWP Information Directorate Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study 100 per cent. data.

Pension Credit: Derbyshire

Natascha Engel: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in  (a) Derbyshire and  (b) North East Derbyshire are receiving pension credit.

Angela Eagle: The information requested is in the following table:
	
		
			   Households in receipt of pension credit  Individual beneficiaries of pension credit 
			 County of Derbyshire 34,670 42,990 
			 North East Derbyshire parliamentary constituency 4,560 5,740 
			  Notes: 1. The number of households in receipt are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Household recipients are those people who claim pension credit either for themselves only or on behalf of a household. 3. Number of beneficiariespension credit is claimed on a household basis and therefore the number of people that pension credit helps is the number of claimants in addition to the number of partners for whom they are also claiming.  Source: DWP Information Directorate Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study

Social Security Benefits

John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many adults under the age of 30 years are receiving benefits from her Department.

Jim Knight: The information is in the following table.
	
		
			  Total number (expressed in thousands) of adults under 30 claiming key DWP benefits by statistical groupas at February 2009 
			  Statistical group  Number 
			 Jobseeker 637.82 
			 ESA and incapacity benefit 320.42 
			 Lone parent 319.01 
			 Carer 39.79 
			 Others on income related benefit 45.92 
			 Disabled 106.75 
			 Bereaved 0.55 
			 Total 1,470.26 
			  Source: DWP Information Directorate: Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study.

Proceeds of Crime: Victim Support

Lindsay Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to ensure that the proceeds of crime recovered by police forces are allocated to fund support services for victims of crime.

Alan Campbell: Earlier this month my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary announced details of local projects to be funded under the new 4million Community Cashback scheme which gave local communities a say on how recovered criminal assets are spent. 11 projects are being funded which are victim-related. In addition 11 million from confiscated proceeds was paid last year as compensation to victims.

Closed Circuit Television

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many CCTV surveillance cameras funded by  (a) public and  (b) private sources there are in England and Wales.

Alan Campbell: The information is not held centrally. I refer to the reply given to the hon. Member on 20 July 2009,  Official Report, column 906W in which I indicated that between 1999 and 2003, 170 million of Home Office capital funding under the Crime Reduction Programme was made available to local authorities for investment in public space CCTV.
	Around 680 CCTV town centre schemes were set up with this funding. Local authorities benefit from Area Based Grant that allows them to spend on CCTV and other areas as they see fit to support the delivery of local, regional and national priorities in their area.

Crime

Vincent Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents of  (a) alcohol-related crime and  (b) drug-related crime were recorded in (i) England, (ii) London, (iii) Richmond-upon-Thames and (iv) Twickenham constituency in each of the last five years.

Alan Campbell: The data requested on incidents are not collected centrally. However, the British Crime Survey provides figures for violent incidents where the victim believes the offender was under the influence of alcohol or drugs. This information is provided in the following table:
	
		
			  Table 3.16: Violent incidents where the victim believed the offender(s) to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs, 1995 to 2008-09, BCS 
			  Percentages and numbers 
			 Statistically significant change 
			   1995  1997  2001-02  2002-03  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09  1995 to 2008-09  2007-08 to 2008-09 
			  Proportion of all violent incidents( 1) 
			 Offender(s) perceived to be under the influence of:(2) 
			 Alcohol 41 43 48 45 51 49 45 46 46 47 *  
			 Drugs 16 18 21 20 20 18 23 17 19 17   
			 Unweighted base 1,078 915 1,285 1,397 1,398 1,455 1,512 1,658 1,477 1,449   
			  
			  Number of violent incidents (Thousand) 
			 Offender(s) perceived to be under the influence of:(2) 
			 Alcohol 1,656 1,457 1,244 1,177 1,299 1,105 1,023 1,087 971 973 *  
			 Drugs 655 603 549 544 474 390 531 398 390 334 *  
			 Unweighted base 16,348 14,947 32,824 36,479 37,931 45,120 47,729 47,138 46,903 46,220   
			 (1) 'All violence' includes wounding, assault with minor injury, assault without injury and robbery. See Section 5 of Volume 2 for more information.   (2) Questions asked only if the victim was able to say something about the offender(s), and if there was more than one offender, victims were asked if any of the offenders were perceived to be under the influence. Questions were not asked if any offenders were perceived to be under school age.   Note:  For an explanation of year-labels see 'Conventions Used in Figures and Tables' at the start of this volume.   Source:  Table 3.16 at the following link: http:/www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs09/hosb1109chap3.xls

Crime Prevention: Internet

John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been spent from the public purse on the policing of online crime in the most recent period for which figures are available.

Alan Campbell: The Government take online crime very seriously, and have provided funding for a number of specialist units to tackle this form of crime. The Government have provided over 6 million for the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) this year to protect children online. The Government have provided 3.5 million over three years for the Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) to develop the police response to cybercrime within the UK. The Government also fund the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) e-crime unit, as part of the overall funding for the Agency.

DNA: Databases

James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of the records held on the National DNA Database relate to DNA samples taken by police forces in  (a) Scotland,  (b) England and Wales and  (c) Northern Ireland.

Alan Campbell: Table 1 shows the number and proportion of all subject profiles retained on the national DNA Database (NDNAD) taken by police forces in Scotland, England and Wales (including British Transport police), and Northern Ireland as at 15 October 2009.
	Table 2 shows the number and proportion of crime scene profiles retained on the NDNAD submitted by police forces in Scotland, England and Wales, and Northern Ireland as at 15 October 2009.
	The number of subject profiles is not the same as the number of individuals. A proportion of DNA profiles held on the NDNAD are replicates, that is, a profile for a person has been loaded on more then one occasion (this may be because the person gave different names, or different versions of their name, on separate arrests, or because of upgrading of profiles). It is currently estimated that 13.8 per cent. of profiles held on the NDNAD are replicates. The replication rate of 13.8 per cent. should only be applied over the entire database however, as the replication rate for individual police forces varies considerably. The presence of these replicate profiles on the NDNAD does not impact on the effectiveness and integrity of the database.
	
		
			  Table 1 
			  Force  Number of subject profiles as at  15 October 2009  Number of individuals (estimated)  Proportion of total subject profiles held on the NDNAD (percentage) 
			 Scotland 271,693  4.6 
			 England and Wales, inc. BTP 5,532,847  93.6 
			 Northern Ireland 74,431  1.3 
			 Other(1) 31,201  0.5 
			 Total 5,910,172 5,094,568 100.0 
			 (1) For example, Guernsey police, Ministry of Defence police etc. 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2 
			  Force  Number of crime scene profiles as at  15 October 2009  Proportion of crime scene profiles on the NDNAD (percentage) 
			 Scotland 13,153 3.6 
			 England and Wales, inc. BTP 351,367 95.6 
			 Northern Ireland 1,753 0.5 
			 Other(1) 1,262 0.3 
			 Total 367,535 100 
			 (1) For example, Guernsey police, Ministry of Defence police etc.

Dogs: Animal Welfare

Adrian Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent trends he has identified in the prevalence of dog fighting in the UK; and what steps his Department is taking to encourage police forces to allocate adequate resources towards reducing the incidence of dog fighting.

Jim Fitzpatrick: I have been asked to reply.
	Our regular meetings with the RSPCA include reviewing dog fighting issues, which has long been an illegal activity. It is premature to speculate on the basis of the available evidence whether there have been any significant trends in the prevalence of dog fighting.
	However, the Animal Welfare Act 2006 updated and strengthened the law on animal fighting. The Act created separate offences for animal fighting and significantly increased the maximum financial penalties available to the courts for such offences. Anyone found guilty of an offence related to animal fighting is liable to a maximum fine of 20,000 (previously 5,000), or six months' imprisonment, or both.
	We have also recently published new guidance for the police on the enforcement of dangerous dogs law as well as provided the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) with 20,000 to assist in the training of police officers in the use of dangerous dogs law. The guidance and training includes the identification of illegal pit bull type dogs that are commonly used in dog fighting.
	The Home Office are legislating (in the Policing and Crime Bill) to create a new power to prevent gang-related violence. This will enable police or local authorities to ask the courts to prohibit gang members from doing a number of things, including being in charge of an animal in a public place.

Drug Interventions Programme

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what proportion of people arrested and tested under the Drug Interventions Programme were positive for  (a) heroin and  (b) crack cocaine in each police force area in each year since 2003.

Alan Johnson: The drug testing of offenders for specified Class A drugs (heroin and cocaine/crack) in police custody came into operation from 2003 across 30 Basic Command Units (BCUs) as part of the Drug Interventions Programme (DIP). Since that time the programme has expanded in a phased approach to 66 BCUs in 2004 and some 107 BCUs in 2005. DIP currently conducts drug testing in 109 BCUs across England and Wales.
	Only offenders arrested or charged with a trigger offencelargely acquisitive crime related offencesare required to provide a sample to be tested for specified Class A drugs.
	Tables 1, 2 and 3 show the number of positive tests under the Drug Interventions Programme for heroin only, cocaine only, and heroin and cocaine combined, for each financial year since data was available.
	
		
			  Table 1: Heroin only 
			  Force  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09 
			 Avon and Somerset 223 213 408 319 334 
			 Bedfordshire 179 223 328 90 165 
			 Cambridgeshire 164 157 277 196 244 
			 City of London   124 84 102 
			 Cleveland 596 516 1,073 988 1,031 
			 Devon and Cornwall 222 160 126 79 55 
			 Greater Manchester 1,299 1,834 2,436 1,762 1,947 
			 Gwent  39 111 87 180 
			 Humberside 510 545 871 663 878 
			 Lancashire 244 278 237 217 207 
			 Leicestershire 212 382 641 529 808 
			 Merseyside 480 361 521 705 1,175 
			 Metropolitan police 1,393 1,932 2,935 2,326 2,763 
			 North Wales 220 149 122 124 145 
			 Northamptonshire  134 186 167 206 
			 Northumbria 591 750 1,426 1,108 1,106 
			 Nottinghamshire 558 953 1,617 989 852 
			 South Wales 1 499 557 532 678 
			 South Yorkshire 823 1,446 1,710 1,392 1,427 
			 Staffordshire 171 127 191 183 58 
			 Thames Valley 232 170 299 356 545 
			 West Midlands 898 2,157 3,063 2,571 2,746 
			 West Yorkshire 817 1,229 2,184 1,854 1,890 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2: Cocaine only (both powder cocaine and crack cocaine) 
			  Force  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09 
			 Avon and Somerset 310 327 610 756 920 
			 Bedfordshire 156 333 667 429 371 
			 Cambridgeshire 58 69 114 190 223 
			 City of London   228 274 206 
			 Cleveland 271 274 696 1,011 994 
			 Devon and Cornwall 19 37 26 47 41 
			 Greater Manchester 1,051 1,872 2,816 3,840 3,080 
			 Gwent  58 64 90 86 
			 Humberside 223 188 431 583 565 
			 Lancashire 46 63 47 76 111 
			 Leicestershire 127 143 372 408 569 
			 Merseyside 584 516 1,401 2,781 3,396 
			 Metropolitan police 3,327 3,700 8,469 10,084 9,450 
			 North Wales 27 33 34 71 64 
			 Northamptonshire  123 298 375 342 
			 Northumbria 210 391 1,091 1,140 1,208 
			 Nottinghamshire 355 647 1,350 1,377 1,215 
			 South Wales  181 166 326 351 
			 South Yorkshire 381 656 906 1,425 1,298 
			 Staffordshire 48 39 51 66 25 
			 Thames Valley 292 359 658 1,012 914 
			 West Midlands 726 1,205 3,012 4,921 4,592 
			 West Yorkshire 358 620 1,909 3,165 3,116 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 3: Both heroin and cocaine (both powder cocaine and crack cocaine) 
			  Force  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09 
			 Avon and Somerset 609 697 1,335 1,402 1,194 
			 Bedfordshire 276 421 960 527 347 
			 Cambridgeshire 67 126 179 215 272 
			 City of London   361 350 206 
			 Cleveland 391 457 1,048 1,166 880 
			 Devon and Cornwall 28 46 25 33 15 
			 Greater Manchester 1,480 2,612 3,392 3,384 2,718 
			 Gwent  64 129 157 102 
			 Humberside 282 316 712 850 599 
			 Lancashire 126 123 114 156 86 
			 Leicestershire 140 242 463 479 537 
			 Merseyside 1,483 1,213 2,114 2,223 2,265 
			 Metropolitan police 3,528 4,844 8,801 8,733 7,372 
			 North Wales 77 68 66 90 58 
			 Northamptonshire  136 254 206 169 
			 Northumbria 142 333 553 548 537 
			 Nottinghamshire 566 1,374 2,342 1,720 1,188 
			 South Wales  318 235 383 339 
			 South Yorkshire 833 1,455 2,182 1,954 1,499 
			 Staffordshire 102 92 89 94 39 
			 Thames Valley 528 518 919 1,152 973 
			 West Midlands 1,235 2,816 5,268 5,677 4,647 
			 West Yorkshire 747 1,298 3,272 3,637 2,959 
		
	
	Tables 4, 5 and 6 show the proportion of tests under DIP which were positive for heroin only, cocaine only, and heroin and cocaine combined, for each financial year since data was available.
	
		
			  Table 4: Heroin only 
			  Percentage 
			  Force  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09 
			 Avon and Somerset 11 10 8 6 6 
			 Bedfordshire 16 12 7 4 7 
			 Cambridgeshire 20 14 13 10 11 
			 City of London   7 5 6 
			 Cleveland 23 21 16 13 13 
			 Devon and Cornwall 32 23 22 13 17 
			 Greater Manchester 13 11 10 7 8 
			 Gwent  11 17 13 18 
			 Humberside 17 20 15 11 13 
			 Lancashire 26 27 23 20 18 
			 Leicestershire 16 17 13 12 14 
			 Merseyside 11 9 6 6 7 
			 Metropolitan police 8 9 5 4 5 
			 North Wales 31 28 24 16 21 
			 Northamptonshire  14 8 6 8 
			 Northumbria 21 18 14 12 10 
			 Nottinghamshire 18 14 11 9 8 
			 South Wales 100 21 24 18 19 
			 South Yorkshire 20 18 14 12 11 
			 Staffordshire 24 25 26 22 17 
			 Thames Valley 11 8 6 6 7 
			 West Midlands 14 17 10 7 8 
			 West Yorkshire 18 17 10 7 7 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 5: Cocaine only (both powder cocaine and crack cocaine) 
			  Percentage 
			  Force  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09 
			 Avon and Somerset 15 16 12 15 17 
			 Bedfordshire 14 18 14 17 15 
			 Cambridgeshire 7 6 5 10 10 
			 City of London   13 15 12 
			 Cleveland 10 11 11 14 13 
			 Devon and Cornwall 3 5 5 8 13 
			 Greater Manchester 11 11 12 16 13 
			 Gwent  16 10 13 9 
			 Humberside 7 7 7 10 8 
			 Lancashire 5 6 5 7 10 
			 Leicestershire 10 6 8 9 10 
			 Merseyside 13 13 17 23 21 
			 Metropolitan police 20 17 16 19 18 
			 North Wales 4 6 7 9 9 
			 Northamptonshire  13 12 14 13 
			 Northumbria 8 9 11 12 11 
			 Nottinghamshire 11t 9 9 13 12 
			 South Wales 0 8 7 11 10 
			 South Yorkshire 9 8 8 12 10 
			 Staffordshire 7 8 7 8 7 
			 Thames Valley 14 17 14 16 12 
			 West Midlands 11 9 10 14 13 
			 West Yorkshire 8 9 9 13 12 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 6: Both heroin and cocaine (both powder cocaine and crack cocaine) 
			  Percentage 
			  Force  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09 
			 Avon and Somerset 30 33 26 28 22 
			 Bedfordshire 24 23 21 21 14 
			 Cambridgeshire 8 11 8 11 12 
			 City of London   20 19 12 
			 Cleveland 15 19 16 16 11 
			 Devon and Cornwall 4 7 4 5 5 
			 Greater Manchester 15 16 14 14 11 
			 Gwent  18 20 23 10 
			 Humberside 9 12 12 14 9 
			 Lancashire 14 12 11 14 8 
			 Leicestershire 11 11 10 11 9 
			 Merseyside 33 31 25 18 14 
			 Metropolitan police 21 23 16 16 14 
			 North Wales 11 13 13 11 8 
			 Northamptonshire  14 10 8 6 
			 Northumbria 5 8 5 6 5 
			 Nottinghamshire 18 20 16 16 11 
			 South Wales 0 13 10 13 9 
			 South Yorkshire 20 18 18 16 12 
			 Staffordshire 14 18 12 12 11 
			 Thames Valley 26 24 19 18 13 
			 West Midlands 19 22 17 16 13 
			 West Yorkshire 17 18 15 15 11 
		
	
	The question asks for numbers testing positive for crack cocaine. It is not possible to provide data on positive tests for crack cocaine only because the drug test conducted as part of DIP does not distinguish between powder cocaine and crack cocaine.
	Between 2003 and 2005 the programme operated drug testing at the point of charge. From 2005 to the present time the programme has operated drug testing at the point of arrest, which has led to an increase in the number of individuals required to be tested.

Identity Cards

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department from what date applications for identity cards from the general population will be received.

Alan Johnson: holding answer 20 October 2009
	As from 20 October 2009, the provisions in the Identity Cards Act 2006 were commenced so as to enable applications to be made for identity cards at a fee of 30. This has applied initially to people working in the Home Office, the Identity and Passport Service and elsewhere who are engaged on work relating to the issue of identity cards and later in 2009 will be extended to residents of Greater Manchester and to airside workers at Manchester and London City airports.

Independent Safeguarding Authority: Finance

Jennifer Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much his Department has allocated to the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) to cover the operational costs of the ISA's first year; and if he will make a statement.

Meg Hillier: The ISA commenced operations in March 2008. The ISA budget for 2008-09 was 8.201 million.
	Due to the phased implementation of the Vetting and Barring Scheme, the full registration requirements of the scheme will not come into force until July 2010, at which point the ISA will be fully operational.

National Identity Service Public Panels

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 
	(1)  what estimate he has made of the cost of  (a) establishing and  (b) running the National Identity Service Public Panels;
	(2)  how much was spent on  (a) job advertisements and  (b) publicity for the recruitment campaign to the national identity service public panels;
	(3)  how many applications for membership of the national identity service public panels have been received;
	(4)  what procedures will be used to select members of the national identity service public panels.

Alan Johnson: holding answer 20 October 2009
	We are introducing a public panel, made up of people from different regions, to ensure that the views of the public are properly reflected in the way the National Identity Service (NIS) is introduced, and to help us develop an identity rights charter.
	Members are unpaid volunteers, who may be reimbursed for reasonable out of pocket expenses.
	The public panel will meet in six groups across the UK. The first two groups for the north and south of England have just been set up, following a campaign seeking people to join the panel.
	For these two groups we received 113 applications. Applicants were asked their background: 12 categories were used such as employed, unemployed, in training, education, carer, and applicants were also asked about their knowledge or views of the NIS (making clear no view or knowledge was necessary for the role). The background categories were then used to randomly select members to proceed to an informal discussion with Identity and Passport Service (IPS) officials. Candidates for Chair had a short interview with an IPS official and an independent assessor.
	Information for applicants was approved by Plain English and is available in Braille, large print format, Easyread format, and audio. This information will be used for all six groups and cost 6,600. Advertisement costs in local and regional newspapers for the north and south groups cost 8,800.
	The estimated cost of information and publicity to set up all six regional groups is 60,000. Administrative support for the panel will be provided by IPS; the estimated cost of running the public panel in the current financial year is 16,000, which allows for reimbursement of expenses to panel members.

Official Residences

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 3 June 2009,  Official Report, column 561W, on official residences, what the present proposed sale price of the former Ministerial residence in South Eaton Place is; and whether there have been any changes to the proposed sale price since the property was first placed on the market.

Phil Woolas: The guide price for this property is currently 4 million and has not changed.

Police: Manpower

Nadine Dorries: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers were employed in  (a) Mid Bedfordshire constituency,  (b) Bedfordshire,  (c) the East of England and  (d) England in (i) 1997, (ii) 2006, (iii) 2007, (iv) 2008 and (v) 2009.

David Hanson: The available data are provided in the following table.
	Data are not collected centrally at constituency level, but have been collected at basic command unit level from April 2002.
	
		
			  Police officer strength, by basic command unit, as at 31 March( 1) 
			   1997( 2)  2006( 3)  2007  2008  2009 
			  BCU( 4)  
			 Bedfordshire County n/a 272 503 458 455 
			 Dunstable(3) n/a 255 (5) (5) (5) 
			 Luton n/a 338 333 339 363 
			 Central Services n/a 359 368 410 426 
			 Total Bedfordshire 1,094 1,225 1,204 1,207 1,244 
			   
			 East of England 9,727 11,043 11,083 11,028 11,309 
			 England 118,459 133,925 134,265 134,355 136,403 
			 n/a = Not available (1) These figures are based on full-time equivalents that have been rounded to the nearest whole number, due to rounding there may be an apparent discrepancy between totals and the sums of constituent items. (2) Police strength by police basic command unit was collected centrally for the first time for the period beginning April 2002 and is therefore not available for 1997. (3) Boundary changes for basic command units came into effect in April 2006, and as a result BCU breakdowns in 2006 differ from those in later years. (4) Data at basic command unit level have been provided, since data are not collected centrally at constituency level. (5) Not applicable

Tuberculosis: Disease Control

Virendra Sharma: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 
	(1)  what the cost to his Department of  (a) implementing and  (b) managing its pre-entry screening programme for tuberculosis has been since the programme's inception;
	(2)  what estimate he has made of the average cost to each applicant of undertaking the pre-entry screening programme for tuberculosis;
	(3)  whether he plans to extend the pre-screening programme for tuberculosis to migrants from more countries;
	(4)  what evaluation of the effectiveness of his Department's pre-entry screening programme for tuberculosis has been undertaken.

Phil Woolas: The pre-entry TB screening pilot programme administered on behalf of the UK Border Agency by the International Organisation for Migration covers 15 countries, and complements the system of on-entry checks by port medical inspectors at major UK ports. The Home Office, with a contribution from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, met the start-up costs of $1,803,580 US. The scheme is now self-financing, applicants paying a fee of between $50 and $77 US (up to 50). The Department of Health and Health Protection Agency Preliminary have undertaken preliminary assessments, and a final evaluation is now under way. Following this review decisions will be taken on the future of the programme.

Children: Poverty

Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate his Department has made of the number of children in rural areas living in poverty in each year since 1997.

Helen Goodman: I have been asked to reply
	:
	Estimates of the number of children in rural areas living in poverty are derived from the Family Resources Survey produced by the Department for Work and Pensions. The survey is available on the Department's website at
	http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/frs/2007_08/frs_2007_08_report.pdf
	A copy is also in the Library.
	Data on rurality are only available on the Family Resources Survey since 2004/05, so no information is available prior to 2004/05.
	The information that is available is given in the tables.
	Due to different definitions of rurality in Scotland compared to England and Wales, and the fact that no information is collected on the Family Resources Survey covering rurality in Northern Ireland, it has not been possible to present figures for the United Kingdom as a whole. This also means that the figures in table 4 are not comparable with figures presented in the other tables.
	
		
			  Table 1: Number of children in rural areas in England in households with incomes below 60 per cent. of contemporary median income, 2004/05 to 2007/08, before and after housing costs 
			  Million 
			  Period  Before housing costs  After housing costs 
			 2004/05 0.3 0.4 
			 2005/06 0.3 0.4 
			 2006/07 0.3 0.4 
			 2007/08 0.3 0.5 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2: Number of children in rural areas in Wales in households with incomes below 60 per cent. of contemporary median income, 2004/05 to 2006/07 and 2005/06 to 2007/08, before and after housing costs 
			  Million 
			  Period  Before housing costs  After housing costs 
			 2004/05 to 2006/07  0.1 
			 2005/06 to 2007/08 0.1 0.1 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 3: Number of children in rural areas in England and Wales in households with incomes below 60 per cent. of contemporary median income, 2004/05 to 2007/08, before and after housing costs 
			  Million 
			  Period  Before housing costs  After housing costs 
			 2004/05 0.3 0.4 
			 2005/06 0.3 0.5 
			 2006/07 0.4 0.5 
			 2007/08 0.3 0.5 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 4: Number of children in rural areas in Scotland in households with incomes below 60 per cent. of contemporary median income, 2004/05 to 2006/07 and 2005/06 to 2007/08, before and after housing costs 
			  Million 
			  Period  Before housing costs  After housing costs 
			 2004/05 to 2006/07   
			 2005/06 to 2007/08   
			  Notes: 1. These statistics are based on Households Below Average Income, sourced from the Family Resources Survey. 2. Small changes should be treated with caution as these will be affected by sampling error and variability in non-response. 3. The reference period for Households Below Average Income figures are single financial years. For Wales and Scotland, three years of data have had to be combined due to small sample size. 4. A '' in the table indicates that the number of children in low income households is less than 50,000 in the period. 5. The income measures used to derive the estimates shown employ the same methodology as the Department for Work and Pensions publication Households Below Average Income' (HBAI) series, which uses disposable household income, adjusted (or 'equivalised') for household size and composition, as an income measure as a proxy for standard of living. 6. For the Households Below Average Income series, incomes have been equivalised using Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) equivalisation factors. 7. Number of children in low income have been rounded to the nearest hundred thousand.

Departmental Publications

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the cost of production of his Department's publication Schools of the Future: Inspirational design for kitchen and dining spaces was; and how much was spent on  (a) research,  (b) preparation and  (c) distribution of the publication.

Vernon Coaker: The cost of producing Inspirational Design for Kitchen and Dining Spaces was around 108,000, broken down as follows:
	Research, writing and graphics91,000
	Preparation (printing, editing and professional photography)15,000
	Distribution (including to every local authority)approx 2,000
	The publication, which was well received by the School Food Trust, has proved extremely valuable to local authorities, schools and designers particularly those involved in Building Schools for the Future and the Primary Capital Programme.

Primary Education: Finance

Nadine Dorries: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many schools in  (a) Mid Bedfordshire constituency and  (b) Bedfordshire have participated in the Primary Capital Programme in 2009.

Vernon Coaker: Funding for the national roll out of the Primary Capital Programme commenced in April 2009. It follows that very few of the projects to be funded wholly or partly through the programme will have actually started on site at this stage.
	I am pleased to confirm, however, that the strategic plan submitted through the former Bedfordshire Council's Primary Strategy for Change has resulted in additional funding of 9.3 million being approved to support local delivery over the two year period 2009-11 duly confirmed.
	Decisions about the prioritisation of individual projects are rightly matters for local determination. The programme aims to support local authorities in renewing around half of all primary schools by 2023. More detailed information about the work planned can be obtained from the local authority.

Pupils: Absenteeism

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many maintained schools in which over  (a) five,  (b) 10,  (c) 15 and  (d) 20 per cent. of pupils were persistent absentees had less than 30 per cent. of pupils gain five GCSEs including English and mathematics at grades A* to C in each year since 2005.

Vernon Coaker: The information requested is given in the following table:
	
		
			  Percentage of persistent absence( 1)  in school 
			Percentage 
			5  10  15  20 
			 2007  Maintained( 2)  schools 2,587 893 329 183 
			  with fewer than 29.5 per cent. achieving five or more GCSEs at A*-C, or the equivalent, including English and maths 1,194 696 313 181 
			   
			 2008  Maintained( 2)  schools 2,305 634 263 143 
			  with fewer than 29.5 per cent. achieving five or more GCSEs at A*-C, or the equivalent, including English and maths 1,011 519 254 142 
			 (1) Persistent absence is defined as missing more than 63 sessions. (2) Including city technology colleges, academies and maintained special schoolsall schools in the table have at least one pupil at the end of Key Stage 4.  Notes: 1. Special schools are included in the figures. 2. Data matching persistent absence to school attainment is only available from 2007.

Pupils: Per Capita Costs

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average  (a) revenue and  (b) capital funding per pupil in each local education authority area was in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

Vernon Coaker: The per pupil revenue funding figures, and the total capital figures, for England and each local authority in 2008-09 are set out in the following table. Revenue figures are in cash terms. Capital figures represent amounts allocated in the year:
	
		
			   2008-09  Revenue  2008-09  Capital 
			  LA name  Per pupil ()  Total (000) 
			  England 4,690 5,224,722 
			 Barking and Dagenham 5,270 211,311 
			 Barnet 5,200 26,296 
			 Barnsley 4,480 9,889 
			 Bath and North East Somerset 4,430 7,744 
			 Bedfordshire 4,410 31,316 
			 Bexley 4,730 10,638 
			 Birmingham 5,240 64,548 
			 Blackburn with Darwen 5,040 93,612 
			 Blackpool 4,620 6,615 
			 Bolton 4,600 14,311 
			 Bournemouth 4,300 6,587 
			 Bracknell Forest 4,500 6,244 
			 Bradford 4,870 34,838 
			 Brent 5,700 16,114 
			 Brighton and Hove 4,660 8,745 
			 Bristol, City of 5,050 153,697 
			 Bromley 4,590 13,370 
			 Buckinghamshire 4,510 19,873 
			 Bury 4,430 8,476 
			 Calderdale 4,570 12,058 
			 Cambridgeshire 4,280 116,568 
			 Camden 6,910 9,354 
			 Cheshire 4,430 32,581 
			 City of London  145 
			 Cornwall 4,340 33,239 
			 Coventry 4,790 220,483 
			 Croydon 4,910 15,469 
			 Cumbria 4,430 30,462 
			 Darlington 4,550 11,860 
			 Derby 4,660 12,847 
			 Derbyshire 4,450 36,368 
			 Devon 4,280 38,900 
			 Doncaster 4,630 14,819 
			 Dorset 4,350 19,790 
			 Dudley 4,510 13,613 
			 Durham 4,730 26,778 
			 Ealing 5,620 21,724 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire 4,270 15,680 
			 East Sussex 4,560 21,222 
			 Enfield 5,100 16,699 
			 Essex 4,450 109,435 
			 Gateshead 4,740 8,453 
			 Gloucestershire 4,370 36,103 
			 Greenwich 6,260 200,496 
			 Hackney 7,250 15,353 
			 Halton 4,960 6,183 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 6,490 6,318 
			 Hampshire 4,320 65,878 
			 Haringey 5,940 13,966 
			 Harrow 5,170 11,210 
			 Hartlepool 4,830 4,904 
			 Havering 4,670 10,351 
			 Herefordshire 4,320 8,843 
			 Hertfordshire 4,500 202,625 
			 Hillingdon 4,990 14,449 
			 Hounslow 5,380 16,949 
			 Isle of Wight 4,660 6,592 
			 Isles of Scilly  239 
			 Islington 6,660 9,271 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 6,530 4,229 
			 Kent 4,520 332,296 
			 Kingston Upon Hull, City of 4,870 10,536 
			 Kingston upon Thames 4,850 7,671 
			 Kirklees 4,650 21,919 
			 Knowsley 5,080 14,473 
			 Lambeth 6,780 14,069 
			 Lancashire 4,520 62,357 
			 Leeds 4,620 32,602 
			 Leicester 4,860 14,846 
			 Leicestershire 4,150 35,527 
			 Lewisham 6,330 23,757 
			 Lincolnshire 4,410 36,122 
			 Liverpool 5,140 20,751 
			 Luton 4,960 13,999 
			 Manchester 5,440 287,467 
			 Medway 4,600 14,402 
			 Merton 5,010 10,463 
			 Middlesbrough 4,960 7,250 
			 Milton Keynes 4,710 28,661 
			 Newcastle upon Tyne 4,840 11,612 
			 Newham 5,970 24,673 
			 Norfolk 4,410 42,337 
			 North East Lincolnshire 4,850 8,100 
			 North Lincolnshire 4,420 6,882 
			 North Somerset 4,310 8,318 
			 North Tyneside 4,520 15,301 
			 North Yorkshire 4,440 34,250 
			 Northamptonshire 4,360 39,431 
			 Northumberland 4,400 17,818 
			 Nottingham 5,330 94,860 
			 Nottinghamshire 4,390 35,490 
			 Oldham 4,820 130,703 
			 Oxfordshire 4,410 30,597 
			 Peterborough 4,790 9,929 
			 Plymouth 4,540 23,664 
			 Poole 4,250 5,580 
			 Portsmouth 4,650 7,631 
			 Reading 4,870 8,565 
			 Redbridge 4,820 15,905 
			 Redcar and Cleveland 4,750 6,432 
			 Richmond upon Thames 4,750 6,873 
			 Rochdale 4,900 133,591 
			 Rotherham 4,730 19,043 
			 Rutland 4,400 1,870 
			 Salford 5,050 10,539 
			 Sandwell 4,890 14,129 
			 Sefton 4,590 13,460 
			 Sheffield 4,650 262,065 
			 Shropshire 4,240 14,051 
			 Slough 5,130 7,255 
			 Solihull 4,270 16,795 
			 Somerset 4,350 41,610 
			 South Gloucestershire 4,150 15,798 
			 South Tyneside 4,910 8,127 
			 Southampton 4,750 8,735 
			 Southend-on-Sea 4,620 11,710 
			 Southwark 6,650 12,732 
			 St. Helens 4,640 8,061 
			 Staffordshire 4,290 38,585 
			 Stockport 4,410 13,085 
			 Stockton-on-Tees 4,620 10,311 
			 Stoke-on-Trent 4,800 9,295 
			 Suffolk 4,320 37,371 
			 Sunderland 4,680 13,213 
			 Surrey 4,450 55,919 
			 Sutton 4,810 8,788 
			 Swindon 4,310 17,789 
			 Tameside 4,560 71,313 
			 Telford and Wrekin 4,510 233,576 
			 Thurrock 4,700 5,878 
			 Torbay 4,460 13,942 
			 Tower Hamlets 7,350 16,385 
			 Trafford 4,400 10,880 
			 Wakefield 4,550 14,960 
			 Walsall 4,700 19,531 
			 Waltham Forest 5,330 19,374 
			 Wandsworth 5,980 12,763 
			 Warrington 4,320 9,205 
			 Warwickshire 4,320 26,221 
			 West Berkshire 4,570 8,734 
			 West Sussex 4,370 34,129 
			 Westminster 6,260 6,164 
			 Wigan 4,510 21,023 
			 Wiltshire 4,250 26,285 
			 Windsor and Maidenhead 4,630 7,603 
			 Wirral 4,630 14,566 
			 Wokingham 4,360 8,845 
			 Wolverhampton 4,940 12,900 
			 Worcestershire 4,300 28,893 
			 York 4,360 6,776 
			  Notes: Revenue Figures: 1. This covers funding through the Dedicated Schools Grant, School Standards Grant, School Standards Grant (Personalisation) and Standards Fund as well as funding from the Learning and Skills Council; it excludes grants which are not allocated at LA level. 2. Price Base: Cash 3. These figures are for all funded pupils aged 3-19. 4. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. 5. Some of the grant allocations have not been finalised. If these do change, the effect on the funding figures is expected to be minimal. Capital Figures 1. These figures are provided on an allocations basis. They include devolved, targeted and strategic programmes, funded by grant, supported borrowing and PFI. 2. Where figures for some authorities appear particularly large, this will normally reflect a Building Schools for the Future allocation where expenditure will take place over a number of succeeding years.

Schools: Standards

John Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of  (a) schools and  (b) Catholic schools Ofsted judged to be outstanding or good in the latest period for which figures are available.

Vernon Coaker: This is a matter for Ofsted. HM Chief Inspector, Christine Gilbert, has written to my hon. Friend and a copy of her reply has been placed in the Libraries.
	 Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 20 October 2009:
	Your recent parliamentary question has been passed to me, as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, for response.
	The latest figures published by Ofsted about the inspection outcomes of maintained schools refer to inspections carried out in the autumn and spring terms of 2008/09. During that period, 19% of all schools inspected were judged to be outstanding and 50% were judged to be good in terms of their overall effectiveness. During the same period, 23% of Roman Catholic schools inspected were judged to be outstanding and 56% were judged to be good. Table A summarises the outcomes for all schools inspected during this period by phase of education, and Table B summarises the outcomes for Roman Catholic schools.
	Figures covering all inspections which took place during the full academic year 2008/09 will be published in November 2009 alongside the Annual Report.
	A copy of this reply has been sent to Vernon Coaker MP, Minister of State for Schools and Learners, and placed in the library of both Houses.
	
		
			  Table A: overall effectiveness in schools inspected in the autumn and spring terms of academic year 2008/09 
			Overall effectiveness: percentage of schools inspected 
			  Phase of education  Number of inspections  Outstanding  Good  Satisfactory  Inadequate 
			 Nursery 87 59 40 1 0 
			 Primary 3,562 16 52 29 3 
			 Secondary 762 23 41 29 7 
			 Special 230 40 45 12 3 
			 Pupil referral unit 125 19 53 22 6 
			 Total  19 50 28 4 
			  Notes:  1. Percentages are rounded and do not always add exactly to 100. 2. Figures include one special school which was inspected twice during this period and found to be inadequate on both occasions. 
		
	
	
		
			  Table  B : overall effectiveness in  Roman Catholic  schools inspected in the autumn and spring terms of academic year 2008/09 
			Overall effectiveness: percentage of schools inspected 
			  Phase of education  Number of inspections  Outstanding  Good  Satisfactory  Inadequate 
			 Primary 389 21 58 20 2 
			 Secondary 85 31 48 16 5 
			 Special 1 100 0 0 0 
			 Total  23 56 19 2 
			  Notes:  1. Percentages are rounded and do not always add exactly to 100. 2. Roman Catholic schools excludes those of mixed denomination..

Vocational Guidance: Finance

John Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding has been provided to each local authority to provide careers services in accordance with sections 68 and 69 of the Education and Skills Act 2008.

Iain Wright: The Education and Skills Act 2008 transfers to local authorities the statutory responsibility for the delivery of Connexions services, including assessments for young people with learning difficulties. Sections 68 and 69 of the Act require local authorities to provide services, as directed by the Secretary of State, to encourage, enable or assist the effective participation of young people in education or training.
	Responsibility and funding for Connexions services, including information, advice and guidance and careers services, transferred to local authorities on 1 April 2008. The funding is paid via the area based grant arrangements and is not ring fenced. We do not collect information on what precisely the Connexions funding is spent on.
	Connexions grant funding is allocated using a national funding formula which is based on the 13-19 population, educational attainment, NEET figures and deprivation indicators. The funding formula is intended to share out the national Connexions budget between the 152 local authorities in a way that is fair, objective and transparent, so that they can deliver a high quality service to all young people. It is intended that the formula should broadly reflect the needs of an area and that it is then for local authorities to decide how best to use their funding to deliver Connexions services locally.
	We only have information on the funding provided for the provision of Connexions services as a whole which includes the provision of careers services. Some local authorities reflecting the needs of their area, may commission additional services from a number of other agencies. The amount of funding allocated to each local authority for the provision of Connexions services since 2008 is as follows:
	
		
			  Connexions grant allocations 2008 to 2011 
			  Local a uthority  2008 - 09  200 - 10  2010 - 11 
			 Barking and Dagenham 2,135,835 2,240,946 2,307,413 
			 Barnet 2,859,769 2,714,745 2,620,723 
			 Barnsley 2,205,107 2,313,628 2,543,299 
			 Bath and North East Somerset 1,403,928 1,370,345 1,363,043 
			 Bedfordshire(1) 3,505,688   
			 Bedford Borough  1,465,059 1,462,201 
			 Central Bedfordshire  1,965,163 1,976,288 
			 Bexley 2,258,109 2,224,658 2,241,851 
			 Birmingham 11,598,496 11,054,022 11,041,218 
			 Blackburn with Darwen 1,897,017 1,944,424 1,942,646 
			 Blackpool 1,847,217 1,837,938 1,827,692 
			 Bolton 2,951,714 3,096,977 3,126,891 
			 Bournemouth 1,322,610 1,387,700 1,417,809 
			 Bracknell Forest 1,248,546 1,185,230 1,065,998 
			 Bradford 4,999,312 5,231,922 5,261,420 
			 Brent 2,601,070 2,483,963 2,469,858 
			 Brighton and Hove 2,180,983 2,189,813 2,167,918 
			 Bristol 3,576,383 3,484,002 3,447,371 
			 Bromley 2,499,349 2,403,908 2,408,810 
			 Buckinghamshire 3,784,634 3,592,708 3,455,960 
			 Bury 1,656,126 1,737,629 1,887,805 
			 Calderdale 2,073,434 2,046,741 2,057,580 
			 Cambridgeshire 4,536,860 4,306,787 4,066,514 
			 Camden 1,925,970 2,020,753 2,079,846 
			 Cheshire(1) 5,350,028   
			 Cheshire East  2,490,744 2,504,255 
			 Cheshire West and Chester  2,738,198 2,739,897 
			 City of London 217,476 228,178 250,829 
			 Cornwall 3,965,389 4,123,537 4,120,511 
			 Coventry 3,342,950 3,173,422 3,158,928 
			 Croydon 3,205,064 3,209,614 3,211,589 
			 Cumbria 4,442,949 4,217,638 4,093,511 
			 Darlington 995,950 1,044,964 1,148,696 
			 Derby (City) 2,364,299 2,453,271 2,458,612 
			 Derbyshire 6,058,264 5,906,203 5,955,901 
			 Devon 5,387,090 5,220,313 5,227,787 
			 Doncaster 3,134,965 3,289,247 3,347,957 
			 Dorset 2,822,958 2,961,884 3,020,302 
			 Dudley 3,031,490 3,029,173 3,023,431 
			 Durham 4,956,762 4,999,034 5,003,606 
			 Ealing 2,514,411 2,573,209 2,588,967 
			 East Riding of Yorks 2,395,442 2,513,329 2,539,149 
			 East Sussex 3,996,083 4,127,521 4,133,868 
			 Enfield 3,048,524 2,942,302 2,946,685 
			 Essex 10,837,768 10,731,707 10,788,610 
			 Gateshead 1,910,170 2,004,175 2,118,030 
			 Gloucestershire 4,846,892 4,601,097 4,288,908 
			 Greenwich 2,868,202 3,009,355 3,168,221 
			 Hackney 2,609,071 2,737,472 2,888,913 
			 Halton 1,603,374 1,682,281 1,718,540 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,475,346 1,547,953 1,592,527 
			 Hampshire 9,515,254 9,399,152 9,393,133 
			 Haringey 2,476,065 2,593,898 2,588,100 
			 Harrow 1,879,255 1,874,784 1,846,840 
			 Hartlepool 1,113,733 1,168,543 1,284,543 
			 Havering 2,255,523 2,141,141 2,087,035 
			 Herefordshire 1,548,216 1,469,703 1,394,246 
			 Hertfordshire 8,576,130 8,141,218 8,184,407 
			 Hillingdon 2,863,097 2,717,904 2,588,297 
			 Hounslow 2,295,067 2,289,625 2,275,528 
			 Hull 3,220,085 3,376,466 3,363,553 
			 Isle of Wight 1,304,907 1,332,546 1,332,634 
			 Isles of Scilly 25,000 25,000 25,000 
			 Islington 2,092,847 2,195,843 2,413,822 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 1,793,254 1,702,315 1,531,065 
			 Kent 11,537,262 11,796,670 11,836,047 
			 Kingston Upon Thames 1,187,361 1,146,488 1,127,058 
			 Kirklees 3,752,250 3,936,910 3,960,221 
			 Knowsley 1,996,839 2,095,110 2,303,089 
			 Lambeth 2,439,164 2,527,658 2,540,147 
			 Lancashire 9,332,495 9,692,878 9,695,711 
			 Leeds 6,985,015 6,630,791 6,529,176 
			 Leicester (City) 4,361,000 4,139,845 3,723,384 
			 Leicestershire 4,231,167 4,439,395 4,471,790 
			 Lewisham 2,859,414 2,786,385 2,787,305 
			 Lincolnshire 5,542,404 5,261,338 5,264,350 
			 Liverpool 5,619,996 5,366,083 5,333,680 
			 Luton 2,034,424 2,134,545 2,153,194 
			 Manchester 5,480,855 5,202,910 5,121,423 
			 Medway 2,333,652 2,448,498 2,550,283 
			 Merton 1,628,829 1,546,228 1,473,135 
			 Middlesbrough 1,883,863 1,976,574 2,133,493 
			 Milton Keynes 2,326,563 2,240,110 2,246,998 
			 Newcastle upon Tyne 3,041,855 3,000,199 2,973,710 
			 Newham 3,395,303 3,471,609 3,472,979 
			 Norfolk 6,969,810 6,616,357 6,389,342 
			 North East Lincolnshire 1,845,876 1,936,718 2,070,292 
			 North Lincolnshire 1,558,786 1,635,499 1,721,465 
			 North Somerset 1,466,477 1,538,647 1,558,615 
			 North Tyneside 1,881,708 1,974,312 1,986,382 
			 North Yorkshire 4,474,612 4,247,696 4,216,686 
			 Northamptonshire 6,173,383 5,860,319 5,648,861 
			 Northumberland 3,190,975 3,029,154 2,813,002 
			 Nottingham (City) 3,319,723 3,162,497 3,128,087 
			 Nottinghamshire 6,639,216 6,302,528 6,257,359 
			 Oldham 2,486,158 2,608,510 2,685,121 
			 Oxfordshire 4,913,800 4,669,339 4,657,858 
			 Peterborough 1,788,971 1,877,012 1,962,997 
			 Plymouth 2,353,042 2,468,127 2,449,832 
			 Poole 1,183,921 1,189,791 1,173,789 
			 Portsmouth 1,845,179 1,928,417 1,920,840 
			 Reading 1,216,312 1,276,171 1,321,260 
			 Redbridge 2,181,020 2,167,227 2,172,357 
			 Redcar and Cleveland 1,712,832 1,797,126 1,825,497 
			 Richmond Upon Thames 1,323,865 1,256,730 1,163,227 
			 Rochdale 2,264,862 2,376,323 2,506,746 
			 Rotherham 2,749,965 2,885,300 3,101,497 
			 Rutland 269,331 282,585 310,637 
			 Salford 2,504,047 2,581,857 2,576,179 
			 Sandwell 3,396,071 3,558,512 3,577,380 
			 Sefton 2,883,000 2,804,102 2,797,167 
			 Sheffield 4,801,931 4,955,465 4,957,247 
			 Shropshire 2,328,714 2,216,296 2,202,159 
			 Slough 1,206,360 1,265,729 1,285,588 
			 Solihull 2,127,535 2,089,791 2,093,279 
			 Somerset 4,302,492 4,084,304 3,960,444 
			 South Gloucestershire 2,127,551 2,019,659 2,011,391 
			 South Tyneside 1,820,008 1,873,976 1,875,510 
			 Southampton 2,010,141 2,109,067 2,185,394 
			 Southend on Sea 1,500,644 1,574,496 1,636,062 
			 Southwark 3,179,484 3,161,844 3,178,853 
			 St Helens 2,079,205 2,090,147 2,089,913 
			 Staffordshire 6,737,879 6,744,172 6,737,109 
			 Stockport 2,390,783 2,508,441 2,520,061 
			 Stockton on Tees 1,932,205 2,027,295 2,065,879 
			 Stoke on Trent 2,761,049 2,896,929 3,080,460 
			 Suffolk 5,776,012 5,508,235 5,531,601 
			 Sunderland 3,340,512 3,333,282 3,336,564 
			 Surrey 8,628,887 8,191,299 7,367,269 
			 Sutton 1,602,425 1,654,444 1,660,234 
			 Swindon 1,844,348 1,846,214 1,847,666 
			 Tameside 2,375,322 2,492,219 2,499,106 
			 Telford and Wrekin 1,773,089 1,798,599 1,803,889 
			 Thurrock 1,453,580 1,525,116 1,657,326 
			 Torbay 1,148,857 1,205,396 1,300,057 
			 Tower Hamlets 2,716,974 2,850,684 3,133,669 
			 Trafford 1,819,698 1,886,908 1,892,281 
			 Wakefield 3,277,829 3,386,663 3,399,169 
			 Walsall 2,919,640 3,061,227 3,068,488 
			 Waltham Forest 2,434,491 2,457,014 2,459,481 
			 Wandsworth 2,166,382 2,168,526 2,153,211 
			 Warrington 1,720,152 1,754,915 1,767,568 
			 Warwickshire 4,220,230 4,105,983 4,098,631 
			 West Berkshire 1,214,237 1,273,993 1,390,903 
			 West Sussex 5,704,250 5,445,474 5,477,332 
			 Westminster 2,238,826 2,125,291 1,911,490 
			 Wigan 3,120,097 3,273,647 3,298,656 
			 Wiltshire 3,423,148 3,342,973 3,371,102 
			 Windsor and Maidenhead 1,193,378 1,166,154 1,159,487 
			 Wirral 3,689,000 3,501,924 3,299,236 
			 Wokingham 1,236,931 1,174,204 1,136,637 
			 Wolverhampton 2,619,554 2,748,470 2,890,404 
			 Worcestershire 4,406,206 4,263,443 4,268,515 
			 York 1,391,800 1,418,001 1,396,446 
			 Total England 468,732,000 466,732,000 466,732,000 
			 (1) From 1 April 2009 four new local authorities were created: Bedfordshire LA split into Bedford borough and Central Bedfordshire and Cheshire LA split into Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester.

Youth of Today Programme

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which organisations were involved in the consultation for his Department's Youth of Today programme for; how long the consultation programme was open; how much the consultation cost; if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of all meetings where the consultation was discussed; when the programme will be reviewed; by whom; and at what projected cost.

Vernon Coaker: A feasibility study for a possible National Institute for Youth Leadership commenced in December 2007 and was completed in April 2008. A list of organisations that participated is at Annex A. A roundtable for stakeholders, chaired by Beverley Hughes MP took place in July 2008 with the following organisations: British Youth Council; the Citizenship Foundation Changemakers; Commission for Youth Social Enterprise; Council on Social Action; the Duke of Edinburgh Awards; National Youth Agency; the Prince's Trust; UK Youth Parliament; V; Young Advisors and the Young Foundation. The cost of the consultation process was 24,728.
	A copy of the minutes of feasibility discussions and the ministerial roundtable will be placed in the Library.
	The programme will be externally evaluated over the remainder of the contract period till March 2011. The Department will shortly be signing a contract with the approved evaluators with a projected cost of 115,000.
	 Annex A
	Children
	Brookfield School
	British Youth Council
	Centre for Excellence in Leadership
	Changemakers
	Children of Addictive Parents
	Citizenship Foundation
	Clubs for Young People
	Commission for Youth Social Entrepreneurship
	Contented Ltd.
	ContinYou
	CRAC
	Crime Concern
	CSV
	Department for Children, Schools and Families
	Department for Communities and Local Government
	Development Education Association
	The Diana Award
	Government Office North East
	Groundwork
	Growth Matters
	The Grubb Institute
	Innovation Exchange
	London and Quadrant Neighbourhood Investment Teams
	London Youth
	National Council for Voluntary Youth Services
	The National Trust
	National Youth Agency
	National Youth Theatre
	Oxfam
	Participation Works
	People and Planet
	The Prince's Trust
	Raleigh International
	RSPB
	Schools Councils UK
	Skills Force Development and Training
	UK Youth
	UK Youth Parliament
	University of Bristol
	Volunteering England
	The Wildlife Trust
	Young Achievers Trust
	Young Advisors
	Young Enterprise
	YouthBank UK
	YouthNet